Author Archives: Arlan

Play the game

I got an e-mail not too long ago which purported to have been a television address by a name-brand conservative. I won’t give the name because I suspect the named was innocent of this particular pontification. It was the “God is a gentleman” routine about how we asked God to get out of our schools, so He left and then Read More


I like my spam filter

I have been looking through my spam filter on suspicion that some legitimate e-mails aren’t getting through. So far I have not found any legitimate e-mails but it would be kind of hard to spot them in the mountains of spam that has been cordoned off. Most of it is attempts at euphemisms to escape the sex-spam traps, but some Read More


Discipline of Love

The revelation of God is fulfilled in Christ Jesus. What have we seen? The love of God. What shall be our practice, if we follow him? The love of God. Of all the authors in the New Testament, nobody speaks about the love of God by name as much as John. When people want to show how lovely God is Read More


A House of High Regard

I like the looks of this house a lot. I like the wide front porch which throws a welcoming arm out over the drive in a carport. I like the suggestion of a tower. I like the detailing, which doesn’t get carried away into total famboyance. I like the screened gazebo connected to the house by a short screened porch; Read More