Category: Columns
That’ll Leave a Mark
by Marvin Bublitz “That’ll leave a mark.” That’s a phrase I often heard on the farm or working in the machine shop. Someone would drop something on their foot, bump their head on a low beam, or strike the wrong nail with the hammer—and then…
With the Wisemen Let Us Go and Do Likewise
by Timothy Teuscher “And going into the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered Him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh” (Matthew 2:11). The season of Epiphany, which recently ended,…
Sacred and Secular Calendars
by David Haberstock We live in time. Time is both linear and cyclical. Cycles of time such as seasons, yearly anniversaries, and recurring “holy-days” give meaning to our lives. On certain dates, we take stock of things, are reminded of our history, and review the…
God in Man Made Manifest
by Robert Mohns In a recent interview, a man introduced as the champion of progressive news bemoaned the human condition, claiming it has come to lack the “progressive gene type.” He concluded that humanity has no capacity for progressive thought. The progressivism that he spoke…
Save Your People, and Bless Your Heritage
by Mathew Block “Oh, save Your people and bless Your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.” – Psalm 28:9 This is a passage of Scripture that I meditate upon frequently, but it has been especially in my mind recently as the result of…
Gladiator II – Retrograde Heroism: From Virtue to Vice
by Ted Giese Gladiator II is set about around the year 200 A.D., around twenty years after the events of 2000’s Gladiator. Director Ridley Scott again gives audiences a man with a secret past and a dead wife travelling on a grief-stricken path of vengeance…
LCC Facebook
LCC Instagram