Posts by Jeff Minick

When the playing field and the rules are stacked against winning, it’s time to take the ball and find another game.

We can best defend and promote truth as if it were steel encased in the velvet of civility. Once we strip that steel of its covering, we risk becoming as debased as our opponents.

Sooner or later, all human beings suffer some sort of calamity that knocks them flat. Each time, we have to choose between staying down or getting back on our feet.

“Anne of Green Gables” is a wholesome work, meaning it’s morally healthy for the soul. Few novels written today, outside of Christian literature, would merit that description.

We therefore need to live out and defend our faith with courage, as did Charlie Kirk, teach our children truth and goodness, and hold fast to reality against the falsehoods so prevalent today.

If more of us prayed that our fellow Americans might grow in mental, physical, and moral health, odds are we’d do the same, and America would indeed be transformed.   

An investment in outdoor time pays big dividends in childhood health and development.

In America today, thought and language have corrupted behavior and belief. Unless we reject this thought and language that have polluted our culture, the madness will continue. 

The princess longs for a good man who adores her, the knight for a lady worthy of such worship. 

Do these things, and the next time someone asks about your politics, you can proudly proclaim, “I am an oikophile!”

The old emperor had it right. Want to be a good man? Be one.

“Who can estimate how much we owe to our suffering and pain?” 

Gen Z may not think it has much to fight for, but it truly does.

If we wish to grow our boys into true manhood, to become stallions rather than geldings, it’s up to us to nourish and guide them on that quest.  

If you’re looking for “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” shrink the political arena to its proper intended size, and then, taking common sense as your guide rather than some hide bound ideology, turn away and strike out into the broader world of life.

As is the case with family members, we generally don’t get to pick our neighbors, some of whom may be disagreeable. But there may come a day when we need even their help.    

You should at least know the joys and pleasures you’re missing as well as the burdens, responsibilities, and yes, sorrows of parenthood.

Depending on our individual preferences and habits, our prayers can be short, as in “God bless America and give our people wisdom and virtue,” or they can be much longer and more specific invocations.

Brighten the corner where we are, and our country will be a better place.

We hear a good deal these days about using children’s literature – fairy and folk tales, nursery rhymes and poems, and stories of heroes – as a vehicle for teaching character to children. Aesop is a good place to start.

“Great books call for philosophical reflection; good books are popular, appealing especially to the imagination.”

“Make America Great Again!” is a worthy goal, but America never will become great again until it becomes good again.

Whether we’re spending America’s birthday bash in a park watching some glorious show of fireworks or at home helping the kids light up some sparklers, let’s give a nod of gratitude to our liberties and our aspirations.  

Truth is the foundation of trust, and trust is the foundation of successful human enterprises.

Family huddles are planning sessions, meetings laying out a weekly calendar of activities outside the home, discussing special future events like family vacations or holidays, and assigning chores. 

If we want well-adjusted and happier adults, we must begin by returning childhood to our children.

When misadventures occur, the collision between high expectations and cold realities can double our disappointment.