The Real Test: a Review of Ex Machina

“To be or not to be- that is the question.” Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1 Things were changing when Mortimer Adler published his The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes in 1966. The centuries-old belief that there is…

A Review of The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex is Too Important to Define by Lance Lawhon

This review is a response to Jenell Williams Paris’ book, The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex is Too Important to Define. Her book is an in-depth review and critique of the sexual identity phenomenon. Here she examines its roots,…

All Saints Day

All Saints Day

Halloween was yesterday; let the sugar hangovers for all our children begin! Today, Nov 1st, the day after the secular holiday of Halloween, marks a Holy Day in the Church – All Saints Day.  (Halloween literally means Saints’ Eve, as…

Do You Have A Smart Phone?

Do You Have A Smart Phone?

Our family recently got smart phones.  Yes, I know, everyone  has had one for years.  But the Kummerers are always a little slow on the technological uptake.  We still have a TV with a converter box, because our set is…

How Do We "Walk Along Side" One Another?

How Do We “Walk Along Side” One Another?

In her letter to the congregation posted earlier this week, Melissa said that “our desire is to develop a culture . . . where those in need receive care, and we are able to minister by bearing one another’s burdens.” …