Where is God in all this? Even cartoonists are addressing the issue. In a recent Family Circus, Commercial Appeal, 7 -28-23) Bill Keane is reading Humpty Dumpty to his small son. As his father comes to the close and the fall… ““All the kings horses and all the king's...
Dennis the Menace, all dressed in coat and tie, leaving church with his mom and dad, looks up at the preacher who is greeting them and says, “For a preacher…you sure know a lot about sin!” Somewhere along the way I heard of a small “Christian” College in Arkansas that...
Whatever our experience, there is no Christianity apart from the Church. This is true because there is no such thing as solitary Christianity. Although our Christian faith and experience must be personal, it cannot be private. The more private we seek to make it, the...
I sing a lot. I don’t mean I sing a lot publicly. Most of my singing is at odd times, private and alone...when I’m driving, during my private prayer time, even when I’m waiting for an appointment. According to the circumstance and where I am, I sing aloud. I...
Lewis Grizzard was a syndicated newspaper columnist, the author of a number of books, and a rather sophisticated writer who pretended to be a redneck. He was brash, irreverent, and sometimes obscene. I often felt that he was laughing at something, such as, his...
Edith Sitwell said of William Blake, the great painter and poet, "Of course he was cracked. That's where the light shone through." I like that explanation! All of us are cracked somewhere, or we are not what we are cracked up to be. None of us are perfect and will...
I have recently become a reader of Bill Keane’s cartoon, Family Circus. It is modeled after the cartoonist’s own family—his wife Thelma, and their children, Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J. In a recent scene Billy issues, a huge AH-CHOO sneeze into the face of Dolly....
I decided recently that I should follow Bill Keane’s cartoon, Family Circus, more faithfully. So many profound lessons are couched in humor. Keane models the cartoon after his own family: Thelma, his wife, and their children, Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J. The...
What ‘n the world are we coming to? That’s the way Momma expressed her exasperation with all the things coming at her that she did not understand. Almost every day when I read the news, or watch television, or simply observe culture I’m feeling that sentiment. More...
We too quickly leave the reason for our celebrations behind. We must not do that on July 4. The tension and threatened disruption in Russia are an immediate reminder of who we say we are as a nation is as critical today as ever. When the founders of the United States...