Tebowing

‘Tis the season for overdosing on football–college and the pros. And in the mix of such craziness–does any college team, hyperbolically speaking, not get to go to a bowl game?–is what is being called, these days, “Tebowing.” With...

A Christmas Parable

Henry Wilson was the youngest of the several Wilson children. In that while he had older brothers and sisters in high school, even college, Henry had just started school himself. If he was his parents’ mid-life baby, the apple of their eye, and pretty much doted...

Vocation . . . A Step at a Time

My friend and pastoral colleague over the past thirty years has announced his retirement. Monsignor Chris Lathem has faithfully served as pastor of the burgeoning St. John the Beloved Roman Catholic Church in Summerville (SC) for most of his nearly half-century of...

A Prescient Book

In the interest of full disclosure (in case you hadn’t noticed), I know as much about economics as I know about solid state physics, open heart surgery, how to construct the Arthur Ravenel Bridge and many other matters as well. So when the opportunity presents...

The Sound of Music

I recently attended an impressive classical music concert in the beautiful auditorium at Charleston’s School of the Arts. The occasion for the presentation was a regional workshop for high schoolers who play instruments typical of a symphonic orchestra: violin,...