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11/06/2025

"We need to define terms. Our culture is always ready to debate and toss accusations, but we fail to stop and see if we even mean the same things by the words we hurl. No wonder we never settled anything." https://ofb.biz/sa1323

05/06/2025

Dennis E. Powell writes, "There is so much we could discuss, practically all of it obvious and troubling. [...] Yes, things have reached the point where insects are preferable to the events of the world and my small part of it."

There is so much we could discuss, practically all of it obvious and troubling.

05/06/2025

"I’m exhausted. Worn down from dealing with the medical system that is supposed to heal us. It shouldn’t be this way and we have the technological means to fix at least some of it right now."

I’m exhausted. Worn down from dealing with the medical system that is supposed to heal us. It shouldn’t be this way and we have the technological means to fix at least some of it right now.

28/05/2025

Dennis E. Powell writes, "When I walked into the newsroom of The Athens News, nearly 19 years ago, the first thing I noticed was the clocks...." https://ofb.biz/sa1320

24/05/2025

Timothy R. Butler reflects on prayer as more than just "thoughts and prayers."

The other day, I was talking with a friend between jobs who was thinking about how to prepare for the next step. It took me back to a time I had to take the GRE — and that painful reminder of the need for preparation.

15/05/2025

It might be possible, please hear me out, that there is some aspect of the new , Leo XIV, more important than whether he roots for the Cubs or the White Sox, as needful of divine intervention as those two teams tend to be. https://ofb.biz/sa1316

15/05/2025

"A lot of Christians today say they want a nation. One would think, as a pastor, I would too. The Bible and history make my position more complicated." https://ofb.biz/sa1317

09/05/2025

The Zippy Crew is back 🏁🐌🏁 -- one standing (Timothy R. Butler), one sitting (Jason Kettinger) -- both trying to make sense of St. Louis Cardinals chaos, St. Louis Blues heartbreak and the first hundred days of Donald J. Trump administration 2.0. Plus: speculation on the next album from Taylor Swift and a meditation on the mystery of ’ two natures.

The Boys are back — one standing, one sitting — both trying to make sense of Cardinals chaos, Blues heartbreak and the first hundred days of Trump 2.0. Plus: speculation on the next album from Taylor Swift and a meditation on the mystery of Jesus’ two natures.

01/05/2025

"This is likely a week we will remember as the beginning of something truly awful. The only question, really, is *how* awful." Perusing of the Donald J. Trump presidency...

This is likely a week we will remember as the beginning of something truly awful. The only question, really, is how awful.

01/05/2025

"This week, a Christian friend shared a new claim about an alleged health cure based on an event that never happened. Another shared what the briefest of searches would have revealed was a falsehood about a political foe. The short-term 'win' is often a long way from the truth."

This week, a Christian friend shared a new claim about an alleged health cure based on an event that never happened. Another shared what the briefest of searches would have revealed was a falsehood about a political foe. The short-term “win” is often a long way from the truth.

24/04/2025

At the death of , Dennis E. Powell goes on a journey through some recent Vatican history and intrigues... and how some of it is captured in coinage.

Pope Francis has died. We should all pray for his eternal rest and that perpetual light shine upon him, as we should for everyone who leaves this life, both as a spiritual work of mercy and in hope that having reached Heaven, in part through our prayers, he will intercede for us.

24/04/2025

" is worse than ever was. With a stranglehold on search and online advertising, backed with an Orwellian surveillance of users, dominating the browser market is too much. The solution cannot be to sell to , however."

Google is worse than Microsoft ever was. With a stranglehold on search and online advertising, backed with an Orwellian surveillance of users, dominating the browser market is too much. The solution cannot be to sell Chrome to OpenAI, however.