By Ted Furlow
Recently, newspaper columnists Ben Boychuk and Joel Mathis engaged in a point, counterpoint article on Christians and the “Benedict Option” in a June 7th syndicated column, RedBlue America.
The option is not named for Pope Benedict XVI; rather it is named for St. Benedict of Nursia, who helped to preserve the remnants of post-Roman Empire Western Civilization through the monastic system in the 4th century C.E.
By Ted Furlow
Last Sunday my wife left something in church, so she asked me to stand by for a moment as she went back. Well, a moment turned into 15 minutes – shocking, after all of these years I should have known – so I used the idle time to just sit and watch cars go in and out of the parking lot.
By Ted Furlow
The applause died down and the curtain closed, but I just sat staring. My wife tugged at my sleeve and urged me to “get a move on.” She wanted to go backstage to see our daughter-in-law and congratulate her on the successful recital of her dance school, but my mind was on the last act.
By Ted Furlow
“Come on people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together, and try to love one another right now.”
By Ted Furlow
It occurred to me that we were in a predicted time of change, when the after dinner conversation became rich with argument.
