I was Raised in a Home…

I was born and raised in a home that thought respect was a good thing, that children showed respect to their elders, at all times, regardless of what the child thought of them. I was raised in a home where manners was a requirement to eat at the dinner table, for everyone, guest included. I …

An unlikely vacation

Image via Wikipedia For the past week I have been in Koln, Germany for work, but very little work has taken place. I arrived last Saturday, enjoyed the weekend with good friends, and ventured off to work on Monday morning, expecting to conduct a the training class I was sent here to do, But as …

A strong conviction

Image via Wikipedia With the political session to start in full swing soon, I thought I would take the time to mention a few things. As any reader of this blog knows, I am a concretive both in my faith and politics, I state my opinions, sometimes not very well received by others, but I …

Jesus, A Slave Master?

A friend and I have an ongoing joke about being liberal or conservative, I being the conservative. Today as we chatted online was no different, it always seems that one of us (mostly me) will some how manage to bring it around to being a liberal or a conservative. It’s all in fun.. or is …

Dante’s words

I often have discussions with my friends and family on this very topic, I even gave a talk on it once to a group of young adults for a Theology on Tap session, and for any one who was a fan of Seinfeld, this very topic was what the final episode was all about. "The …