Here are my most-read articles on Medium (as of 1/8/23) — Hey Everyone! Welcome to my little corner here on Medium. I’ve been writing on this platform since 2018. I write on a variety of topics, including faith, politics, history, personal development, communication skills, leadership, artificial intelligence, and more. I even write fiction. Most of my articles (or “stories” as Medium…

Exposing a Common Fallacy — The other day I encountered a passionate critic of the Bible and anyone who takes the Bible remotely seriously. Actually, I’ve interacted with many such people — especially here on Medium. They are quite numerous. But returning to this particular critic… He mocked the notion of God’s existence partly on…

An appeal from a pastor — Here on Medium, there are a lot of people who hate Christians and anything that Christians have anything to do with. There are others who may not quite be in the “hate” category but they could be described as angry, resentful, or cynical with respect to Christians. Allow me please…

Inquiring minds want to know — When I was a kid, I remember a conversation between two of my buddies. One asked why the other was doing something. The second kid replied: “‘cause.” Not “because.” Saying the full word would have required too much effort. Just “‘cause.” And he pronounced it “cuzz.” This went back and…

My Review of “Napoleon” starring Joaquin Phoenix — Watch Ridley Scott’s biographical epic film Napoleon and you’re likely to wonder how and why so many people took such a petulant, insecure narcissist seriously. Napoleon Bonaparte, as portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix (who also starred as Roman emperor Commodus in Gladiator) is a callow, brooding, vain, ill-tempered little boy in…

By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. — The following is the text of the very first national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation in the history of the United States of America. By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey…

A Response to a CNN Review of Napoleon — According to a CNN review of Ridley Scott’s epic Napoleon, the French dictator that is the subject of the film was “a silly man” who doesn’t deserve another cinematic portrayal. I haven’t (yet) seen Scott’s film starring Joaquin Phoenix. I will remedy that this week. But if it depicts the…

We have plenty to be thankful for — so let’s be thankful — Thanksgiving Week is upon us. Hard to believe how fast this year has gone. And yet, here we are. One thing about Thanksgiving, at least here in America, is that it’s a time when we once again argue with one another over our history or topics of justice and equity…

Which do you recommend? Do you have any to add? — I love to read. My biggest problem is I don’t have enough time to read everything I want to read. So, I compile lists — as in “books to read” lists. This is one of them. It’s a list of biographies and autobiographies that I really, really want to read…