Author: Buddy McElhannon
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Badges of Honor
Men, listen up. Marriage and fatherhood are life-changing experiences — for yourself, but more importantly, for your wife and children. I’ve written before about the qualities, virtues, and attributes of a REAL man: responsibility, sacrificial love, respectfulness, kindness, self-control, humility, and tenderness, to name a few. Authentic manhood, in other words, is defined by one’s…
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The One in Front of Me
Whether Christian or not, most people agree that Jesus is the most fascinating person to have ever lived. The world can debate his divinity, but few can argue about his unique place in history — or his method of reaching people. Here was an itinerant preacher in a remote area of the Roman Empire who…
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My Middle Name is Someone
One of the keys to having a long and successful marriage is for a husband to develop the ability to understand the words spoken by his wife. It is a universal truth, long accepted by the male species, that women can say one thing and mean something else. One only has to consider the use of…
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May the Fourth Be With You
Growing up, the 4th of July was always a fun time. We celebrated our National Day of Independence with fireworks, parades, barbecues, and family picnics. As American humorist Erma Bombeck once said, “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who…
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How to Name a Drug
I figure it’s time for a less-than-serious reflection on the lifestyles of the Medicare generation. The weeks following last year’s knee surgery is the inspiration for this post. With limited mobility and the usual aches and pains that follow surgery, I found myself watching more television than normal — my normal being not so much. …
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The Hypocrisy of the Left
In recent days, the media world has been ablaze with reactions to a commencement speech given at Benedictine College in Kansas by NFL Placekicker Harrison Butker. There is even a petition circulating calling for the Kansas City Chiefs to fire him for his antiquated and misogynistic remarks. You’d have thought he staged a campus riot,…
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People Make the Best Memories
My wife and I just returned from a three-week European Ocean Cruise around the British Isles. After waking up in our own bed for the first time in almost a month, I texted our children, “What’s going on? There’s no breakfast buffet, no one has made up our bed, and no tour bus is waiting…
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My Southern Affections
My last post addressed the language of the South and the manner of speaking that is uniquely our own. The South is known for more than its linguistic distinctions; we have our own distinct culture, with different customs, accents, fashion, architecture, musical styles, and cuisines. So, I thought I might muse upon some of the things…
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The Language of the South
Growing up in Georgia in the 1950s and 1960s, I became saturated and steeped in Southern speak. So, when Southern Living Magazine recently published an updated list of “50 Southern Phrases You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else,” (shown below) I read them as if taking a trip down memory lane. None of these expressions needed defining…
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