When I need to find out the news beyond the headline story of the day, I have found that one of the best places to go to get a pulse of what’s news and what news is actually interesting for discussion, I often go to FARK. (Warning: If you go there, you’re best bet is [...]

…but I missed this one.

This past weekend was one of lots and lots of emotion here in the Lyons family.  We finished moving my oldest son, Phoenix, into his dorm up at Purdue (aka “the ONLY Indiana University” if you live in our house), and I’m not sure my wife has stopped crying yet (at least on the inside).  [...]

In general, I have steered away from discussions of eschatology, primarily because it stirs great passion to little end.  However, I am afraid I will have to venture into that territory with this particular post, as the fruits of bad theology when combined with similar poorly-fueled eschatology are often terrible to behold.  In particular, deterministic/fatalistic [...]

Long ago in Sophomore English class, I often wondered if I would ever use some of the bizarre poetry and literature we poor young minds were forced to slog through. Well, younger self (if you’re reading this through some sort of time warp), today is one of those days.
John Godfrey Saxe’s poem, “The Blind [...]

We all have prejudices, though some of us are in greater states of denial than others. I recently had to add another prejudice to my ever-lengthening list (which I’ll get to in a minute), though I have also successfully (and painfully) removed a few in the past year, as well.
If you’re wondering about my previously [...]