Mother’s Day is fast approaching. This coming Sunday we celebrate the hosts of human life and nurturers of needed souls, Mothers. For married men, Mother’s Day is Valentine’s Day plus: A day not just for your mom, but also the love of your life and mo…
Author: Guy Shepherd, Planned Man
The Prodigal Priest, Fr. Stu–Mark Wahlberg’s Best
Fighter, drunk, rebel without a clue or cause-a guy with an animus for God, blaming Him for his younger brother’s death and the ensuing dissolution of his family-becomes a Catholic priest, and lives the life of the cross as beautifully and painfully a…
What Works Wins! Become a Functionalist!
Lately I have been toying around with a new lens for living: Functionalism. What I like about the term functionalism is that it’s a memorable word that captures within it its plain meaning, its purpose or end. Functionalism is an eyes-wide-open appro…
As Joe Rogan Goes, So Goes America
Two aging Canadian folk-singers, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, the Adam and Eve of the ’60s, are protesting again. Against what? China’s genocide against the Muslim Uighurs? No, something more ominous. They are joining forces – and leveraging their …
Is ‘Karen’ the New C-Word?
There are only a few words that one does not say in polite society. The two most prominent are the N-word and the C-word. Voldemort-Harry Potter’s nemesis-exists, but one cannot say his name. That is a projection of power. When folks say Karen to…
New Year’s Resolution–Stand Up in Defense of Dissent!
We need to stop this shit now. It’s time to stand up in defense of dissent! This keep-our-heads-down, shut-up, eat-me-last approach will not end well. The forces of intolerance are growing. It’s getting scary out there and we need to chillax now. Let’…
Happy Birthday Jesus
Christianity is going strongest, we’re told, in parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This multiculturism is nothing new. It is a faith with a Jewish founder spread in the Greek language on Roman roads. It’s a passion play in three acts. Act I: In…
Kid Dynamite!
"Don’t Tell Me How to Live" is a hillbilly elegy deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize. Like Nobel himself, Kid Rock’s lyrical nitroglycerin alone ought to be enough to shock and awe the "no joke" woke to open their minds to the neces…
This Thanksgiving, Give Thanks to King Richard
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season-the time of year when we recharge our souls. Thanksgiving is particularly special because of its intended inclusiveness. Thanksgiving is not just about one’s own. It’s about opening one’s own …
007 Rest in Peace; Chappelle Lives to Fight Another Day
Two stand-out events happened this month that have deeply affected me: Dave Chappelle’s latest and maybe "last" Netflix special, The Closer. And the latest and maybe last in the 007 franchise, No Time to Die. Both made their public debut i…