February 2023 – Correspondent For Christ

Celebration of Life

February 25, 2023 pete.stohlman

“I’d like to welcome all of you—relatives, friends, and co-workers of the deceased—to this celebration of life. So glad you could be with us today! I think we’re all familiar with the etiquette for these occasions, but out of an abundance of caution, here are a few gentle reminders of socially acceptable conduct. This is a very special time in which we consent together to avoid mention of anything that may remind us of the honoree’s moral shortcomings and ethical failings—the better…

Failure To Yield

February 12, 2023 pete.stohlman

Many serious traffic accidents are caused by failure to yield the right-of-way to other drivers. Such failures may result from factors such as inattention, distracted or impaired driving, and willfulness. Willfulness is stubborn insistence on selfish priorities—a “me first” mentality. This mindset may lead some motorists to deliberately ignore signs and signals directing them to yield. In so doing, they cast aside law, custom, the well-being of others and even, personal safety. They drive rudely, often recklessly, in a narcissistic bid to emphasize their…

Sin—A Synopsis

February 5, 2023 pete.stohlman

Sin is a word with which few are or ever have been comfortable. Sinners, being sinners, do not like to think of themselves as wrongdoers (especially after expending a lot of energy on moral relativism, rationalizing, excusing, and explaining away their guilt). Want proof? Bring up sin sometime and watch the speed with which conversation dies and the formerly chatty scatter. For some, the problem is not clarity but confusion. ‘If I admit that I’m a sinner, is that like saying I’m a bad…

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