Author: Buddy McElhannon
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The First Time Abortion Became Real For Me
Sad to say, but one of the hot-button issues in politics today is abortion. There are those who are passionately for it, and just as many who are passionately against it. One aspect of this issue wherein you would hope to find consensus is around abortion survivors — those babies who survive a mid-to-late term…
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The Season of Song
Tis the season — for lyrics to linger long within our earthly souls. Have you had such a moment? Why do our spirits soar at the climax of O Holy Night? Why do we feel compelled to stand during Handel’s Messiah? There are certain songs and hymns that move us profoundly. The 5th-century theologian, Diadochos…
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Finding Dad
To My Blog Post Readers, Seven years ago on this day — December 5th — my wife, Patrice, lost her father. But the real story is how she found him just a year before. She has given me permission to share that story. Finding Dad Some stories warm the soul. This is one of them.…
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What Every Son Longs to Hear
Watching 7-year-old boys play soccer is like watching a herd of cats chasing a ball of yarn. They are but a crowd of mini-humanity moving randomly across a grass field. It’s funny and frustrating all at the same time. Then around ten years of age, these young athletes-in-the-making begin to understand the game. They learn to…
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Lessons on Marriage from the Devil
Can we learn anything from Satan other than the consequences of excessive pride? I think so. Consider these fundamentals: So, knowing that Satan hates humanity and marriage, are there insights we can learn about marriage by studying what the Devil despises? In a recent article at Aleteia.org, titled Exorcist says there are 3 ways Satan likes…
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Heavenly Dining in Small-Town America
One of the most enjoyable experiences one can have is driving through a small-town community, stopping at some out-of-the-way restaurant, and discovering a culinary treasure. You know the place, a local non-chain eatery that, at first glance, may cause you to hesitate to go inside, only to be blindsided by the sheer mouth-watering deliciousness of…
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Must Love Dogs?
I had an epiphany this week. Every woman I have married came with a dog. Dating these women didn’t come with a “Must Love Dogs” conditional statement, but the implication was clear enough — you marry me, you get the dog too. They saw it as a bonus. I just smiled and considered it a…
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Defining Success
Rummaging through the attic this week, I found some old high school trophies. Half a century ago, these treasured testaments sat proudly on a shelf displaying my teenage achievements. “MVP,” “Most Likely to…,” “Best All-Around..” Well, you get the idea. Yet, today, these long-forgotten, bygone memories are rusting and collecting dust in a box that…
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Success Sickness
Growing old is, what can I say, an adventure? Arthritis is like a non-stop robocall that keeps ringing at all times of the day or night. Then there are those senior moments when I forget why I walked upstairs. Now entering my eighth decade of life, I have to live with the fact I am…
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The Case for Gentleness
When I hear the word gentle or gentleness, the first thing that comes to mind are the words we used to encourage our eight-year-old son holding his newborn sister for the first time. “Be gentle.” Or the words we encourage a child petting a dog — “Be gentle.” The problem with gentleness is that it…
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