The following interview was conducted by veteran journalist Mary Nichelson of TheWordsmithJournalMagazine.com and appears at http://www.thewordsmithjournalmagazine.com/interviews.html. Quoting from the site: "Mary supports publishers by interviewing Continue Reading
November 10, 2012
The Last Lion and Veteran’s Day
Veteran's Day and the release of the last installment of the late William Manchester's sweeping epic-multivolume-series on Sir Winston Churchill has caused me to reflect on the old Lion of Britain. The last of Manchester's magnus opus was an unfinished Continue Reading
August 5, 2012
“Come Apart for a While”—Vacation Greetings and a Prayer for My Colleagues
I will always think about a certain time in my life when I read this Scripture: "And he said to them, 'Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.' For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat" (Mark 6:31 ESV). I Continue Reading
July 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
My 2011 Top Twelve Summer Reading List: Part Two of Four
Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, an Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives by Richard A. Swenson, M.D. (NavPress,2004)—As I prepared to read this book, I noticed the warning on the rear cover, “Overload is not having time to finish the Continue Reading
September 25, 2009
The Monuments Men and the Idea of the Beautiful in Christianity
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel is yet another fine addition to the growing body of literature, really a genre unto itself, about the "Greatest Generation." These are the men who Continue Reading
September 2, 2008
Norman Davies and the Appalling Problem of a Failure to Stand
The occasion was my graduation from the University of Wales. The British Union Jack was raised, a young lady led us in singing a national anthem. But I could never understand why part of the faculty of the University of Wales refused to stand. I stood, Continue Reading
July 29, 2008
The Making of a Leader
There are many leadership books out today. A number that I have read seek to reflect on the leadership principles or even styles of noted historical figures (e.g., Robert E. Lee, Teddy Roosevelt). Some have done a good job of isolating and presenting the Continue Reading
March 25, 2007 Leave a Comment
Neil Young and Celtic Woman
I just got two new CDs that are simply outstanding. The first is Neil Young Live at Massey Hall (2007). If you have never been to a concert in the early 1970s this is how it was, only better. Young was obviously "at home" for this Canadian gig. I Continue Reading
