Superheroes we can Root For
It’s been my opinion for a while now that Marvel has killed the “superhero” genre. At least the way they tell it. It’s gotten so bad that they now have… Read more »
Author Archives: Robert Fraleigh
Here They Come Again
I was sitting in an office just the other day and noticed the music — some 70s stuff that was pleasant enough, but not the originals. One of the songs… Read more »
Getting Easier as I Go
If you’ve read some of my stuff before, you might have seen a few pieces on Christianity and the Bible. Out of over a thousand posts, this will be the… Read more »
Saturday 46: No Route Ride
It’s been a while. Back in Texas two weeks ago, unable to ride last week. I wasn’t going to let anything get in the way of a jaunt today…except rain…. Read more »
The more you know…
I understand that it seems to be getting harder to know who or what to believe. The world’s kind of gone topsy-turvy lately, and while the boon of the internet… Read more »
Ready to Offend
14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to… Read more »
Next Up: Oscar Hijuelos
So I’m back to the “Next Up” format for now. Robert Warren Penn’s All the King’s Men was an excellent book — as can be expected of most (but not… Read more »
The Other Side of the World
When I was young, China was a mystery to me. A far-off land that invoked images of temples and palaces and ancient greatness. I remember a neighbor may have travelled… Read more »
No Picnic
One thing health and wealth preachers don’t have going for them — the empirical evidence for smooth sailing in rich waters is sorely lacking. Even those charlatans who “name it… Read more »
Holding Tightly to the Wrong Things
I’m back from some travels that took me to do some work, see some old friends, meet new ones, and, most preciously, see the little boy in Texas who melts… Read more »