The initial response of Fox News to the murder of nine people attending a Bible study in a Charleston, South Carolina church was to question that the attack was racially motivated and instead claimed that … Racism Is a HeresyRead more
Willa Cather: Poetess of the Prairie
In my last post http://www.billisley.com/?p=801 I criticized the all too common practice among readers of skipping passages that describe landscapes. This “sin of the impatient reader” is especially harmful in the case of Willa Cather (1873-1947), … Willa Cather: Poetess of the PrairieRead more
The Sin of the Impatient Reader
Saint Paul includes patience as a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). Yet patience is a difficult virtue because it takes so much time. Often I say jokingly, well half-jokingly, that I am patient; it … The Sin of the Impatient ReaderRead more
Is Objective Beauty Important?
While mostly everyone will agree that there exist some things that can be described as true or good or at least as false or evil, very few will argue in support of objective beauty. “Beauty … Is Objective Beauty Important?Read more
Purpose and Aging
Many of us struggle with helping aging parents. In caring for them we suffer physical, emotional and financial strain, but gnawing away at our insides and even the faith of some of us is a … Purpose and AgingRead more
