Posted in Cowboy Christianity, Politics on Nov 3rd, 2006
The Captain’s Journal » The Warrior as Vocation As opposed to empty-headed ideas of warrior as a job, those who fight have been called by God to war in our stead. It is not a job; it is a vocation. Totally aside from irrelevant issues about how much education our servicemen and women have, it [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Aug 1st, 2006
Last week I came in from turning out horses and my wife was crying again. Earlier she had a falling out with a friend who happens to be both a business client and competitor. This friend was going through some difficult times. Over the last eight years our friend had made a series of bad [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Jun 29th, 2006
“… gave us liberty at the same time. The hand of force may destroy but cannot disjoin them.” So wrote Thomas Jefferson in his 1774 essay, A Summary View of the Rights of British America. I am reminded of Jefferson’s explicitly religious view of the natural rights of human beings after reading Gerard Van Der [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Jun 7th, 2006
I woke up this morning with this thought, “The Bible Civilizes the Mind”. It was one of those light bulb going on moments even though the statement is a pretty obvious conclusion. I recently started reading “The History of God” by Karen Armstrong and it presented me with several new ideas about God. At least [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on May 19th, 2006
C.S. Lewis’s message to “Da Vinci Code” fans Here is the real harm of these modern conspiracy theories: They may appeal to our emotions, but they violate our common sense. They reject reason, just as surely as they reject revelation. “I do not wish to reduce the skeptical element in your minds,” Lewis explained. “I [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on May 3rd, 2006
I have added a widget plugin to post the Verse of the Day on my blog page. To those offended by me pushing religion down their throat I am sincerely sorry because I have been there. Please either ignore it or look at it as wisdom from a history book. However if God has a [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Apr 12th, 2006
Actually it was my wife who wanted to watch the Ten Commandments so my son and I went along. Last night we actually skipped 24 to watch it! However, my wife did not make it. She got about five minutes into watching it and figured out that she wasn’t going to make it. So she [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Mar 17th, 2006
An inspired piece of apologetics: You write that you disagree with the Catholic Church’s positions on divorce and remarriage, birth control, abortion, homosexuality, and the male priesthood. May I suggest that you bracket these convictions for a moment and consider a more fundamental question: Is the Catholic Church who she claims to be? This question [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Mar 11th, 2006
This week I set up parental controls on my son’s use of World of Warcraft. My son is fourteen years old and has become somewhat obsessive about playing it. I believe that setting up and recognizing boundaries by both the parent and child is an important part of instilling values into the child. I believe [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Dec 11th, 2005
John Wesley Donald Sensing from One Hand Clapping had the results from this quiz in his blog so naturally I was curious how I would do. To some degree I was not sure how I would score. My belief structure seems like a patch quilt at times. I am definitely a work in progress. Most [...]
On this day, the Virginia Tech community reflects on the vibrant lives of the 32 students and faculty who were tragically taken from us a year ago. Through light, art, and music we pay tribute to each and every person we lost. We gather to honor our friends, colleagues, and family members. We will never forget.