Frankly Speaking

And now for something entirely different: A few years ago, when I went in for my annual checkup at the doctor's office, I got some news....

Over the weekend, I took care of some housecleaning here at "Frankly Speaking." There are some new "Bloggers I Like" lis...

I was looking around yesterday when I stopped by the website for New Wineskins magazine. At the top right of the homepage, I saw something ...

Okay, last week I was a slogger (sloth + blogger). But it was Spring Break for me, and Michele, and for kids here in Amarillo, and a step-ki...

I mentioned a few months ago that in 2007 I planned to read, among other books, Marilynne Robinson's novel Gilead . Well, I'm readin...

According to a survey conducted in 2000, when Jews were asked whether Jesus was born in Jerusalem, 51 percent said "Yes." Not too...

I love this statement from a speech by Yale law professor Stephen Carter: "When I use the word 'tolerance' I have in mind its t...

The zany science TV show "Beakman's World" didn't come along until I was in my 20s. I wished it had been around when I was...

I want to say "Thank you" for your recent comments. I really appreciate hearing what others have to say. Stemming from a lot of di...

e-mer-gent - "in the process of coming into being" I've been wondering. What exactly is it about the so-called "Emergent...

In yesterday's post, I brought up the subject of ethics and evangelism. Here's a follow-up. Sixteen years ago I was a student in D...

The latest issue of The Christian Chronicle includes a story about the marginal numeric growth of the Churches of Christ in the United Stat...