Frankly Speaking

Like a lot of other people, I've discovered that I'm just now starting to grasp the situation along the Gulf Coast. I read in today...

Last night I went to bed imagining that Katrina wasn't so bad afterall. But this morning's news made me realize that, for millions o...

As you know, on Monday Pat Robertson said it would be a good idea for the United States to assassinate Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezue...

Another one from last week's Vacation Bible School 

Got a caption for this one? . . . It's from the Monday installment of V.B.S. I was sending the preschoolers as shepherds to look for...

We're having Vacation Bible School at the South Road Church of Christ this week. The first two days in the "Construction Zone,...

My family's trip to Oklahoma was a good one. The highlight was the celebration of my parents' golden wedding anniversary (photo in t...

The Bellizzis at my parents' 50th wedding anniversary celebration, July 31st, 2005

I don't know Lyle Schaller. Never met him. But I wish I could have coffee with him at least once a week Of all the writers I've ...

Okay, first off I have to say I'm sorry for having been such a slogger over the last few weeks. Of course I have oodles of excellent e...

The AMC Entertainment group is doing something unusual. Last Friday, they began issuing a money-back guarantee to anyone who'd pay for a...

From "Christian Prayers" (1556): O God, make perfect my love toward Thee and to my Redeemer and Justifier; give me a true and unfe...