Prager's Take on Arguing with God

I respect Dennis Prager’s notion that Jews as a rule argue with the Ruler of the Universe. I do not respect the notion that God merely succumbs to a petulant stand-off, like a wearied parent worn-out from explaining the obvious to an over-thinking teenager. Job the...

I Wanted to Be a Teacher — The Inspiration

 I did not want to be a teacher, as much as I wanted to be a lively personality, like my English teacher Mr. M. I really liked him. He seemed to be having so much fun doing what he was doing. Now that I consider it at length, I could never stand to be a teacher,...

I Wanted to be a Teacher — French

I loved French. I was good at it. Since my eighth grade year, when I had discovered the quirky operas of French-German Jew Jacques Offenbach, I was singing and dancing French, at least when no one was watching. I was as good French student. My French teacher thought...

Weird Happenings in Local Churches

I cannot believe how ignorant most people choose to be about the Bible. Either a wanton arrogance or wanting understanding is keeping the members of the Body of Christ in bondage as to who they are in Christ, and thus the unsearchable riches which they can find and...

Having Kids Does not an Adult Make

One mother I knew used to believe that having kids pushed a person out of childhood into adulthood. Nothing could be further from the truth. There is a higher incidence of kids having kids in this world. There is a growing element of adults who have not...

"Invictus" by William Ernest Henley

Invictus William Ernest Henley 1849 – 1902 Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings...