Category: General

The Pulpit Speaks: November 23, 1957

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. Over and above everything else. the prodigal son was a dreamer. In spite of the fact that his dreams were misdirected, nevertheless, he was a dreamer. He dreamed that he could build a … Continue reading The Pulpit Speaks: November 23, 1957 →

Thanksgiving 2007

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I'm about to start cooking. The menu doesn't change much from year to year at my house, so I won't repeat it 😉 But as much as I enjoy the food (and the football 🙂 ), I can't help but think about all that I am thankful for. The list is … Continue reading Thanksgiving 2007 →

They were here first

Living in an urban environment, one tends to forget that before all the houses and roads, this was open space. And such open space was dominated by wildlife. I've lived in Norfolk for pretty close to thirty years and I've lived all over the city. As a poor college student, I lived near the ODU … Continue reading They were here first →

Internet addiction: 17 hours a day online!

This article appeared in Sunday's Virginian Pilot (original article here). As the sidebar indicates, Korea is the most wired nation on Earth, with more than 90% of the homes connected to the internet. With that availability has come the inevitable addiction: Compulsive Internet use has been identified as a mental health issue in other countries, … Continue reading Internet addiction: 17 hours a day online! →

The Pulpit Speaks: November 12, 1960

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. "For he looked for a city which had foundations, whose builder and maker is God." Unrest is the key to human behavior today. All about us people in all walks of life are … Continue reading The Pulpit Speaks: November 12, 1960 →

Another independent blogger gone

A blog that I recently discovered, Brad's Brain, has closed up shop. Bradley Herring, the blog's proprietor, tagged me a few weeks back as a Thinking Blogger. (Speaking of which - how come none of the blogs I tagged has tagged anyone else? 😦 ) Brad is an extremely talented and thoughtful writer. Fortunately for … Continue reading Another independent blogger gone →

The Pulpit Speaks: September 6, 1958

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. Man's inhumanity to man has gone a long way toward creating within man a certain concern that can only be expressed in terms of disbelief. All contacts one may have with another are … Continue reading The Pulpit Speaks: September 6, 1958 →

Don’t know much about history

According to this article in the USA Today, college students are having trouble with history. The study from the non-profit Intercollegiate Studies Institute shows that less than half of college seniors knew that Yorktown was the battle that ended the American Revolution or that NATO was formed to resist Soviet expansion. Overall, freshmen averaged 50.4% … Continue reading Don’t know much about history →

The Pulpit Speaks: March 5, 1960

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. Life has its peculiarities. The older one gets the more he realizes that life is peculiar. Life, to many people, is a matter of one trial after another. To some, it is a … Continue reading The Pulpit Speaks: March 5, 1960 →