Monthly Archives: August 2016
In this era of political correctness, I keep hearing the words “safe” and “comfortable” as goals set for the emotional climate on college campuses. The argument runs that college ought to be an insult-free zone, where, shielded from all offensive material, students are free to learn undamaged by the harshness of the larger outside society.
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This past week I read an article* updating the ongoing drama plaguing many older universities over the issue of renaming college buildings. Those advocating for change argue that commemorating men like John Calhoun at Yale, who supported slavery in his era, amounts to endorsing the practice.
I disagree. We need to remember…..
How many of us wake our children up for school because it’s so much easier than relying on them to do it for themselves? While we’re at it we might as well clean up their messy bedrooms, or do their laundry long after they could do it themselves.
These…..
As I’ve said before, one of the clearest metaphors of God’s love for us lies in the complicated love of a parent for a child. A parent “falls in love” with the child but quickly discovers that it’s not only impossible, but also imprudent to give the child whatever…..