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The View from My Ship
2020 Election Reader
Your Essential Christian Guide to the 2020 Presidential Election Who to vote for? Why should I even vote? What difference will it make? This short book–you can read it in less than an hour if you are not interrupted–will answer some of your questions, and, most important, suggest that the answers are in the Bible, […]
The Great American Awakenings, Redux
November 16, 2020
We tend to think of ourselves pretty much at the center of the universe, and, in a way of course, we are. We are alive and everyone before us is gone, and those before us are unborn and in the future. But we are tied to the past, personally by our memories, and collectively as […]
The more things change, the more they stay the same
November 14, 2020
The saying is an old one in French, often quoted by the literati in the original–plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose– to sound more egg heady. So, I thought I would do the same and think for a moment like a literati instead of plain old Larry. Now let’s turn to Scripture and […]
Posted in: History
Christians in America
October 25, 2020
Not too long ago I read an article, “After the Culture War,” by Barton Swain in his column on “Politics” in the WSJ, October 3-4. When I see the words “culture” and “wars” these days, or someone who actually calls himself a political something-or-another, or in this case a political writer, I usually turn to […]
House Calls and Other Artifacts
October 24, 2020
House Calls and Other Artifacts I am writing about a phenomenon which most of you under thirty or forty will have no idea about. Those above fifty or sixty will recognize the phrase “house call” almost immediately, kind of like recognizing Sputnik as part of the Cold War which itself may be just an historical […]
Posted in: Life in America
Dachau and John Tyler Morgan
September 29, 2020
Years ago, or to be more exact, in August of 1966, I was separated from my ship, the USS Donner (LSD 20) after completing my two years of active duty. We were in Naples, Italy, a nice enough place especially with stunningly beautiful women it seemed to me after a few weeks at sea, on […]
Posted in: Rewriting History
Interview with Kate Delaney, Sept. 2020 on New Book, 2020 Election Reader
September 27, 2020
Who to vote for? Why should I vote? What difference will it make? I’m only one vote. It won’t count for anything. NOT true! We are a free and democratic people and to remain so, and remain true to our principles and freedoms, we need to exercise the privilege and responsibility of voting. I have […]
Posted in: Radio, Skype and Television Interviews
How to learn what your children are being taught
September 13, 2020
There is a great opportunity in the land opening up to us. It is free and largely apolitical although there may be some elements running beneath the surface that are “political.” In this day, less than two months away from probably the most important presidential election in a century there is hardly anything that […]
Posted in: online classes, Zoom learning
Why Are People So Angry?
September 13, 2020
I am baffled by the reign of anger that seems to be overwhelming some people today who are getting a lot of attention as we move to elect a new president on November 3. One can read and hear in the media that they are angry over systemic racism, misogynism, immigration, pollution, police brutality, and […]
Posted in: Politics
Sewing, Shop, and Cooking
August 29, 2020
I was watching my wife sewing the other day, down on her knees on a big enough space of the floor in the living room to make the initial cuts in her fabric. She learned to sew on a Singer sewing machine years ago and was now getting back in it. We bought her new […]
Posted in: Life in America
Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
- Hebrews 12:28“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,”
October 10, 2020
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