A lot of thought and consternation has been invested in recent weeks on the Office of the President of the United States.  We’ve made a difficult transition… Read more “Thoughts on President’s Day”

My latest for the Knoxville News Sentinel: http://www.knoxnews.com/story/life/2017/02/17/bob-hunt-racism-more-sin-than-skin/97757550/ Be Christ for all.  Bring Christ to all.  See Christ in all.

I’m not a big fan of Hollywood doing history.  Traditionally, they get it terribly wrong and people get confused about the details of history, relying more on… Read more “When Hollywood Gets History Right: Two Tales of Courage”

WHAT ABOUT EVOLUTION?          Evolution is the scientific theory that all forms of life on Earth evolved from earlier forms of life and ultimately share a common… Read more “What About Evolution?”

St. Thomas Aquinas, The First Way: The Argument from Motion We see that some things are in motion. Whatever’s in motion is put in motion by something… Read more “God Is: An Introduction to the Evidence for God, Part 3”

I just returned home from volunteer training for Grow Free Tennessee, an organization dedicated to raising awareness of and combating sex trafficking in East Tennessee.  I thought… Read more “Become Aware of Sex Trafficking”

      Last week, I engaged in a conversation on Facebook with a woman who had posted the following message, which was shared by one of… Read more “A Conversation on Abortion”

I’m taking a break from the blog this weekend.  I’m afraid I’m suffering a flare up of my diverticulitis, and it can be quite painful.  So, I’m… Read more “Prayer Request for Healing”

I am originally from Virginia, but I’ve never heard of the Jesuit martyrs of Virginia. On September 10, 1570, eight Jesuits, two priests, three brothers and three… Read more “Sanctity in America: The Jesuit Martyrs of Virginia, Servants of God”

THE CREATION STORIES  Suggested Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Genesis 2:4b-25  The first two chapters of Genesis include two different stories about how the world and everything in it was… Read more “The Creation Stories”