Category: Potpourri

February 4, 2012

Lloyd’s Life Lessons: Promotion Comes From God.

Filed under: Potpourri - 04 Feb 2012

What I am about to share is a little embarrassing. I pray my honesty will bless you. Many years ago, Baltimore, Maryland media was buzzing about an upcoming high profile fundraiser for a charity.

February 3, 2012

Movie Review: COURAGEOUS – ‘Honor Begins at Home’

Filed under: Potpourri - 03 Feb 2012

Courageous is triumphantly American and unashamedly Christian. The film wreaks havoc on the generally accepted idea that everything that goes wrong with adults can be traced back to bad childhood experiences which then become excuses for the worst behaviors we …

January 26, 2012

Lloyd’s Life Lessons: 93 Year Old White Woman Taught Me A Little About Race & People

Mary’s mom and dad who raised her are loving in-laws. Despite years of marriage, Mary’s “birth” mother still refuses to meet me or acknowledge our marriage because I am black. Her mother, Easter Pansy, is Mary’s grandmother.

January 22, 2012

Lloyd’s Life Lessons: The Importance Of An I Love My Wife Day

Filed under: Potpourri - 22 Jan 2012

Please do not think I am lobbying for Husband of The Year. I am not. However Mary, my beautiful wife of thirty years, has proven herself to be a wonderful gift from God to me.

In love and gratitude, from time …

January 17, 2012

Sports, Concussions, and Contemporary American Culture

Filed under: Potpourri - 17 Jan 2012

If you follow professional sports, and especially if you are a football or hockey fan, you undoubtedly are aware of the rash of concussions that have rendered players unfit to play. Now there’s a rash of lawsuits being filed against …

January 15, 2012

Lloyd’s Life Lessons: An Unexpected Gift From God

Filed under: Potpourri - 15 Jan 2012

A few Christmases ago, Mary and I flew up from Florida to the hills of West Virginia to visit her parents. Our stay was very enjoyable. The printer connected to her mom’s computer was not working. To print our boarding …

January 5, 2012

Carpe Diem

Filed under: Potpourri - 05 Jan 2012

The last gift has been opened, all the leftovers bagged and tagged, that laaast little scrap of homemade fudge scraped off the plate, and you’ve just come back into the house after sending the “children”, and their children, off with …

January 1, 2012

Lloyd’s Life Lessons: An Unwrapped Christmas Gift

Filed under: Potpourri - 01 Jan 2012

Mary phoned her mom to thank her and dad for the Christmas gift they sent us. Mom reported that dad got his Flu shot yesterday. Mom was in the process of baking bread to take over Mac and Mary’s sister …

December 26, 2011

The Five Best Christmas Movies: And the Gift of Grace and Renewal

Filed under: Potpourri - 26 Dec 2011

Let’s have a happy debate: What are the five best Christmas movies of all time? Obviously, tastes differ and change over time. Here are my five favorites, the ones I am willing to watch every Christmas season, starting with number …

December 8, 2011

V&V Q&A: “Meet the Presidents”

Filed under: Potpourri - 08 Dec 2011

With Walter Eckman

Editor’s Note: The “V&V Q&A” is an e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. In this latest edition, Dr. Paul Kengor, the executive director of the Center, interviews Walter Eckman, author of the …

November 17, 2011

Abuse of Power: A Savage Adventure

Filed under: Potpourri - 17 Nov 2011

I have not heard Michael Savage on the radio for a while. It was always great to catch him in the late evening while driving a long distance. He was great company. So I was quite surprised to see that …

October 8, 2011

UPMC’s Taking Snit With Highmark Out On Patients?

Filed under: J.J. Jackson's Opinion,Potpourri - 08 Oct 2011

In the Greater Pittsburgh area, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is well known. Sometimes however it is not known for the best of reasons. While UPMC has many good doctors that work for it and is …

October 1, 2011

Kaline, Colavito & Cash: The Boys of October—and Other Baseball Memories

Filed under: Potpourri - 01 Oct 2011

Having grown up three-and-a-half miles north of the Detroit city line, I have been a lifelong Tigers fan. It has been a half-century now since that magical 1961 season when the Tigers, led by the awesome trio of “Kaline, Colavito, …

July 27, 2011

A Response To Paul A. Ibbetson’s Article Titled ‘Sister Wives: The Concubines Of The Cult Of Kody Brown’

Filed under: Potpourri - 27 Jul 2011

Okay, so some of the things I’m going to write herein will probably piss a few people off, but hey, you can’t please everybody… if you could, you’d make Jesus look like one of those silly pop music icons that …

July 25, 2011

Sister Wives: The Concubines of the Cult of Kody Brown

Filed under: Potpourri - 25 Jul 2011

If you want to see another blatant example of social activism at the expense of traditional marriage, go no further than The Learning Channel (TLC). Part of TLC’s knowledge-enhancing program lineup is the show featuring polygamist Kody Brown and his …

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