Astute historians caution us about applying modern sensitivities to past cultures. For instance, we should not condemn the Roman Empire for its warlike proclivities, its version of slavery, and [...]
My family owned a tailor shop in LaGrange, GA. My paternal grandfather, “Daddy Mike” Frosolono opened the shop in the 1920s. My father, Cecil Frosolono, and my paternal grandmother, [...]
Why do so many American Christians feel they are being persecuted as a result of the current furor over same sex marriage? The fervent “religious” opposition to same sex marriage and [...]
Public and private schools contributed to my formal education. My conservative brothers and sisters may insist that the public school experiences contaminated me and resulted in my liberalism on [...]
Texas—where I live—and many other states place great value on so-called “high stakes testing” of students throughout the public school system. In these states, such tests have become the primary [...]
Please welcome Katie Andraski to my blog. Katie’s post presents and illuminates many of the challenges I’ve faced with my writing, publishing, and, indeed, life in general. I think the bottom [...]
I’m thrilled to have Chase Murphy as a guest on my blog. Like he says in his post, sometimes life is about hanging on long enough to get noticed, which is especially pertinent for many people [...]
“Don’t you want to go to heaven?” This question came from the audience during a short devotion I presented several years ago on the topic of why we become and remain Christians. I stated the [...]
I participate in the Köehler Author Forum on Facebook, which is limited to participants who are authors with Köehler Books. A recent topic on this forum focuses on why the participants became [...]
My good friend and highly valued former colleague at the old Burroughs-Wellcome pharmaceutical company, Richard Fleck, suggested I could have said a lot more in my previous blog post—Same Sex [...]
The controversy over same sex marriage in some jurisdictions, as illustrated by recent events in Alabama with Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court Roy Moore leading the opposition, perplexes [...]
The outpouring of solidarity, righteous anger, and commitment to freedoms of speech and the press exhibited in the recent Je suis Charlie demonstrations following the terroristic attacks in Paris [...]
