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  • The World; Yesterday and Today–The Bible Covers It All

    IT MAKES SENSE TO ME By Larry Peterson As a cradle Catholic who went to twelve years of Catholic school “waaaaay” back in the ’50s and ’60s, I can say without hesitation that my education in the Bible and about the Bible and of the Bible was almost non-existent. The Catechism with its nays &… Read more

  • 'Participation' Trophies; No Different Than 'Participation' Letters

    My son and his son: Little League Baseball IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson I coached/managed Little League Baseball for many years. At the end of every season every kid on the team received a trophy at our annual dinner or picnic or whatever else the league decided to sponsor that year. Giving a… Read more

  • The Eighth Amendment—SCOTUS says: It Allows for Adaptation Based on "Evolving Standards of Decency''

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson The Associated Press has reported that the Connecticut Supreme Court has decided the death penalty “no longer meets society’s evolving standards of decency. My brain locked up as I found myself stuck on the word “decency”. Decency, decency, decency—a smack in the head from my own hand jumped the needle… Read more

  • The Little Heart Kept Beating—Beating, Beating, Beating: Then it Stopped

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson (As the parent of a daughter who was stillborn on September 6, 1978, I am fully cognizant of the LIFE that was lost to us and her siblings. My wife (who passed away from cancer in 2003) almost died that day in a valiant attempt to get to… Read more

  • The "Shameful Silence"—It Honors Evil

    IT MAKES SENSE TO ME by Larry Peterson                                                          “Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.”   Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran theologian in Germany… Read more

  • Goodbye "Little Bro"–You and Your Watermelon are Forever in Our Hearts

    IT MAKES SENSE TO ME By Larry Peterson The picture to the right was taken at my daughter’s wedding and it was a happy day. Facing the picture, the young fellow on the left is my “baby” brother, Johnny. The one to his left in the back is my brother, Bobby. I am to the… Read more