Being Single is Not So Peculiar (Don’t Skip the Footnote!). 1 Corinthians 7.

According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2021, 25% of 40-year-old adults have never been married. That number was only 20% in 2010, and only 6% in 1980! The number of single adults in the United States is the highest it has ever been—and yet, being single still feels like being a member ofContinue reading “Being Single is Not So Peculiar (Don’t Skip the Footnote!). 1 Corinthians 7.”

Feel Good About Your Work, Achievements, Skills, and Talents. Genesis 1:4.

When I taught high school, I remember being chastised by my students. I was talking about being aware of one’s strengths and weaknesses: “For example, I know that I write well. But I don’t always listen well—” “Wow, Mr. Wales. That’s pretty arrogant, don’t you think?” “What? Saying that I write well?” “Yes. That’s soContinue reading “Feel Good About Your Work, Achievements, Skills, and Talents. Genesis 1:4.”

EARTH DAY.  Isaiah 24:1-23.

People today talk a great deal about CLIMATE CHANGE, and they usually mean ‘anthropogenic’ or man-caused climate change.  That is the belief that the release of carbon dioxide (think car exhaust) has caused the earth to warm.  For many, causes like this one are a religion, complete with sin, guilt, judgment, penance (you better buyContinue reading “EARTH DAY.  Isaiah 24:1-23.”