In the midst of a comment somewhere, I said, “If I am honest, I don’t like liberals.” First off, this isn’t strictly true; I’ve voted for enough of them that my commitment to opposing liberals in America is in serious question. On the other hand, I started as a conservative and a Republican, and I’m still very much that guy, modified by new information.
One would never have guessed the power of just zooming the camera back.
In late spring, as I’ve written, our beloved local priest, Father Mark, died of esophageal cancer at age 49. The grief-stricken congregation was oddly denied admission to the parish church for his funeral. The church ended up being half empty; the service was to be streamed for those who cared to watch.
In 1959, the singer Marty Robbins released the Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs LP. You might recall that his all-time most popular song “El Paso” is on that album. In fact, it’s on there twice, in a short form and a longer form to conclude the album.
It was 19 months ago, following the embarrassing spectacle in the Oval Office in which Donald Trump and his then-equally tubby vice president ambushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that I said in this space that it had become clear that Trump was on Russia’s side in its invasion of Ukraine.
People are free to like what they like, and not like stuff they don’t. And this includes Taylor Swift. Me personally? I love her music. But I have to object personally to the idea that her target audience is women and girls. I’m neither one of those things.
This Week at Little Hills returns as Merlene takes us to the book of Numbers and helps us to think about how we relate to the people in the story.
| Lording Over the Soda Room (October 19, 2026) |
| Don't Let Jesus Become Normal (October 18, 2026) |
| A New Heart (October 18, 2026) |
| The Field Is Still Out There (October 18, 2026) |
