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The Predestination Paradox
This is a repost from June 4th, 2008. A friend of mine and I were discussing this tonight and I was trying to recall where I’d read this reconciliation of the two viewpoints. Funny I should find myself the author. This is only the lightest of t...
Matthew William Kelly Bedford
After 14 hours in labor, my wife Grace gave birth to the most beautiful baby boy. Matthew William Kelly Bedford is named after a dear friend of ours who was called home to be with our Lord not quite 1 year ago. I only hope that this little man will g...
Throw The Book At Her!
From last week: I learned I’m not allowed to decide how responsible my children are and the resulting levels of freedom they can then enjoy. And in the re-running of the classic comic For Better or For Worse, we learn that Ellie is an abusive p...
Today I Learned…
…I’m not allowed, as father and parent, to decide when and how my children are allowed to be mature. I was quite capable, at 10 years old, to go to the grocery store by myself, on my bike, and pick up various thing my mother needed but co...
Speak Softly…
Consistent discipline works for both recalcitrant children and rogue nations. With children, letting them know their options and the consequences of their choices and allowing them to choose and accept their consequences is the bedrock of discipline....
Idiot Dad
While the world burns around me: Obama and the leadership of the greatest nation in the world refuse to condemn the naked theft of a nation’s election allowing a despot and megalomaniac to continue his aggression against the lone hope of freed...
You Read It Second Here: H1N1 & Big Brother Medicine
H1N1 (swine) flu isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Gee, it’s just aweful when the bugbear doesn’t live up the trumped up claims the media seems to want us to believe. The Illinois Public Health Director has not drunk the koolai...
Looking Forward (And Backward) 9 Months In, 3 Months To Go
As of a few days ago, Grace and I’ve been married 9 months. And our son is due to emerge into the world in 3 more months. Marriage has settled down a little, perhaps. I feel safe and comfortable around my wife and maybe take her a little for gr...
To Kill A Butterfly
Want to know how to kill a butterfly? Help it. Yes, it’s that easy. You see this newly metamorphosized creature, brimming with potential beauty and wondrous mystery, struggling weakly against the tough confines of it’s chrysalis shell. Mo...
What is our problem?
What makes us so special? Rather than embarking on a long dialogue, as is my norm, I want to instead throw some things out on the table for you to think about. First . . . do we really readthe Bible, or do we just preview it through our Americanized ...
Loss of a Title
As I look forward to holding my baby in my arms, I have done quite a bit of thinking on how motherhood is changing my life. It has been interesting answering the question, “Well, what are you doing with your life?” As a student at a highl...
Potent Presidency: Words Mean Things
When the most powerful man in the world says something, anything, it carries a significantly greater weight than if Joe Schmoe on the corner says even exactly the same thing. An account executive or a cable repair man can joke about their kids school...
This Arne Guy
At first blush, the Arne guy is rather interesting. Barack Obama’s pick for Secretary of Education seems, by all counts, to be willing to make hard choices and push hard policies for the strengthening of the education system. Pushing past all t...
Dangerous Wombs
From today’s Whirled Views from the WorldMagBlog: Today’s quote is from an African-American pastor on abortion, the leading cause of death among black Americans since 1973: “The most dangerous place for an African American to be is in the w...
