Baja St. Martin Belle River came through the recent bad weather in good shape, but that wasn’t the case in a few neighboring areas. A twister – possibly more than one – was sighted in Stephensville. Another close...
An Article of Faith Amos, the Old Testament prophet, “preaches” during a period of national optimism in Israel. Business is booming and boundaries are bulging, but below the surface greed and injustice are festering....
Les Vieux Temps The new Dictionary of Louisiana French does not contain one word beginning with the letter X.
Following an article about the A-B-C’s during early school years, I was asked if any prior Les Vieux ...
An Article of Faith If you’ve been following this series of articles concerning “Christ and Culture,” we’ve finally come to the most important position – “Christ the Transformer of Culture.”
Christ has come to trans...
Les Vieux Temps One of my favorite meals during Lent is catfish courtbouillon. I am fortunate that my wife still cooks the dish just like her grandmothers did. The grandmothers remembered the recipes they had lea...
An Article of Faith As we continue to think critically about “Christ and Culture” we’ve come to the fourth position concerning this issue: “Christ and Culture in Paradox.”
A “paradox” is a self-contradiction. Those ...
Baja St. Martin I have subscribed to Time magazine for many years and one of my favorite essays in every other issue is the awesome column by Joel Klein. It’s almost the last page in the issue.
This month, Klein...
Les Vieux Temps Sometimes friends greet you on St. Patrick’s Day with the following, “May the Luck of the Irish be with you.”
Are they being kind or cruel? During their history the Irish have been as unlucky as ...
An Article of Faith Last week we began thinking critically about “Christ and Culture” because our view of “Christ and Culture” affects our stance toward culture, whether we’re going to flee from it, fight against it,...
Baja St. Martin Have you ever checked out the website Pandora? It’s pretty neat.
Once there you can type in any musician/type of music you like and it will play an entire song for you plus recommending more in...
Les Vieux Temps “What! St. Patrick is not a native of Ireland?!” she exclaimed. “Surely, you are mistaken, I guess that you will also tell me that he didn’t chase the snakes away from there either,” she added.
W...
An Article of Faith As Christians it’s important that we think critically about “Christ and Culture.”
Why? Because your view of “Christ and Culture” affects your stance toward culture. Are you going to flee from it...
