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The View from My Ship
A View from the Lectern
As a historian, I have taught across a spectrum of the Latin American and American experiences. I have also taught the history of the Christian church over the past two decades since a colleague and I inherited a similar course from Vern Grosse who taught it for many years at UA. I come at the […]
Words
September 16, 2018
I woke up from my Sunday nap with a start, hearing the words of a child, singing to her departed pet, “I can’t wait to see you on the other side.” It was such a sad little song, but the little girl wasn’t crying, just talking to her dog, so very sure that they would […]
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I Miss Lewis Grizzard
September 16, 2018
Of course, I fully understand if anyone reading this column under the age of thirty or forty might exclaim, “who is Lewis Grizzard?” Perhaps this little one liner attributed to Lewis will help the memory: “Shoot low boys, –They’re Ridin’ Shetland Ponies.” Humorists have always inhabited the American landscape. One of my favorites, Will Rogers, […]
Posted in: Humor
The Level Playing Field
September 16, 2018
What do we mean by this old adage, “playing on a level playing field?” A few weeks ago, while walking my two Standard Poodles, Miller and Dudley, and their new sidekick, Stanley a Golden Doodle, out at Bryce Lawn, I noticed a soccer camp going full bore over at the UA playing fields. The kids […]
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The Meaning of the Long American Revolution
September 16, 2018
With so much vitriol and ignorance being winged at each other these days by politicians, social media gurus, political analysts, talking heads, and just about anybody in the country with a forum, I thought I’d share with you a book-in-the-making about the long influence cast on us by our Revolution and the Constitution. The manuscript, […]
Posted in: History
Giving Back
September 16, 2018
A few weeks ago, the church I attend held a service day in which thousands of church members stepped out their comfort zones to help people in Alabama. The pastor of the church delivered an impassioned sermon on how service changes people. By changing people, he meant not simply the people who were served, but […]
Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
- Romans 5:3-4“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
September 16, 2018
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