Recent content by Padreruf

The old saying is still true: "It's not the high cost of living, but the cost of living high!" We rarely eat out any more...maybe 2x a month and only with family after church or close friends. The cost of dining out here in Charleston, SC is astronomical. But it doesn't bother me...we manage...

In all seriousness, DJT's latest, profanity laced post, has me greatly concerned that he is on the mental edge of a breakdown. Are there any Republicans with enough savy and power to take this on?

This may be the best advice I have seen for the Dems. Too bad they are not willing to listen -- too bad for us. Our country is divided as I have not seen since the 1960's with race and Vietnam being the crucial issues.

Zealotry in any form is dangerous...omits the understanding that I may be wrong.

I always thought it a bit disingenuous that the winning side thanked God for their victory -- whether in war or sports or beauty pageants, etc. Is God always on the side of the winners? What about the losers? Does God love them? I once preached a sermon on a Super Bowl Sunday touting that God...

To the title of this thread, seems to me that "religion is politics in the USA. Have a Happy Easter celebration...He is Risen...He is Risen indeed!

Prayers for you and your family...what a gift to have him that long...just remember, the grief is real, but the joy of loving and being loved is permanent.

Most people ignore parts of the Bible...including devout Christians...i.e. the parts directing the Israelites to destroy all the Canaanites including their children (which did not seem to happen according to history.). WE ALL pick and choose our preferences. Biblically it is based on the...

Jim Gatewood, former UA assistant baseball coach in the early 2000's. He went on to build a great program @ McKinney, Texas. https://everloved.com/life-of/james-gatewood/obituary/

My parents insisted I take Latin as it is the root language of the "Romance" (?) languages. I never regretted it. I never took Spanish but could read it because of Latin and other languages. The two hardest for me were Hebrew (different alphabet, rules, etc.) and German...finding verbs and...

I'm impressed. I studied Latin (2 yrs hs and 2 in college), French (2 yrs HS) and 1 semester of theological French in grad school, along with theological German, 2 semesters of Hebrew and 4 semesters of Koine Greek. I had to pass reading proficiency tests for my doctoral studies. Whether it is...

Our rather large neighborhood alligator is back sunning himself. He was out yesterday on this bank and a friend came by walking 2 Great Danes -- you can see them in the right hand portion of the photo. The alligator just scrambled back into the pond. This is taken from across the pond and the...

Very simple...if you make a fair catch then you can attempt a FG from that spot...the defense has to be 10 yards back. This has been a HS rule in SC for at least 30 years...my sons' HS football team tried this after making a Fair Catch on the opponent's 45. Wide left...but plenty long!!!

I received an email from a dear friend in Cuba...cannot paste here but suffice it to say that life is incredibly tough for all in Cuba. No fuel, no food, and no way to get any. If something doesn't give soon there will be starvation...

The Boar and the Eagle: War and Betrayal in the Roman Republic. A.D. Hamilton.