Success!!

Thanks to input from my son, I think I'm back in business with this blog stuff. If you read my work in the past, you know I suddenly had to stop due to technical issues I still don't understand. I have lots of material I want to cover in this new school year.

For one thing, I'm sponsoring a club on Palomar's campus--Ratio Christi. It's an international organization that provides students rational explanations for the truthfulness of Christianity. I read a stat that indicated two-thirds of all Christian kids walk away from their faith during their college years. A study found that the number one reason for this was intellectual difficulties. They thought there were no good answers to the challenges they heard while in classes. But that's not the truth. There are great answers. We will be exploring some of these during this school year.

In addition, we will be starting our apologetics class at our church in just over a week. That's always a lot of fun. Steve Bruecker and I will be leading these classes. I want to invite anyone who wishes to learn more about Christianity to come out on Thursdays from 7-8:30 in EC-20 on Emmanuel Faith's campus.

On a personal level, I probably will write about our two grandsons. They are such a blessing, and I don't use that term lightly. I smile all week if I know we will be seeing them over the weekend. The two-year-old is a hoot. Everything that comes out of his mouth cracks me up. I caught a lizard in our backyard and let him see it the other day. He held it and gave it a tender kiss on its back--gulp . . . Oh well, the lizard apparently took it in stride.

Of course, with this being an election year, you just know I will post some political comments. This strikes me as such an important election--do we want Europe-style governmental intervention in all aspects of our lives, or do we want the freedom to develop as self-reliant humans?

Again, it's good to be back. Stay tuned for specifics on the above topics.