Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
Post event reporting will be available the evening of 5/3/13 – JV Last week, I saw a banner erected on Wilkes-Barre’s Public Square recognizing the National Day of Prayer and promoting an upcoming “Circle the Square With Prayer” event — hosted by the National Day of Prayer Committee of NEPA — in which Northeastern Pennsylvanians […]
Earlier today, Karla Porter — my co-host on Brave Hero Radio — suggested that she interview me on a special episode of Brave Hero Radio, perhaps diverting away from the focus of most episodes, to talk beyond ideas presented online in order for viewers to learn more about me. In online spaces, I generally do […]
Edit: This piece was originally authored April 14 and has been updated. – JV Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are at it yet again. First it was ‘The Year of the Bible,’ Prayer Month,’ ‘The Year of Religious Diversity,’ seeking to remove anonymity from individuals engaging in lawsuits seeking to uphold the separation of church […]
A short interlude piece for this evening…expect more substantial pieces tomorrow evening. – JV — Earlier today, I attended a presentation concerning suicide in which a presenter said, “Suicide is not about dying. It’s about making the pain go away.” Is not the result of suicide, regardless of motivation, death? Does not, with death, pain […]
Yesterday, I authored a piece concerning PZ Myers and Ophelia Benson publicly broadcasting that if I were to approach them at Women in Secularism 2 (WIS2) — a conference I will soon be attending thanks to gracious donors — they would report me to conference organizers and have me expelled from the conference. I explained […]