Joe Dallas

It was the early Spring of 1971 and I sat frozen in the passenger seat, silent and numb, while my girlfriend drove the San…

Conservatives are ping-ponging back and forth between relief over the Mueller report and outrage over the Smollett affair. Yesterday Chicago’s Cook County first assistant…

It’s lonely for the guy in the dog house. He knows that his own sin put him there, and he feels helpless, unsure what…

I’ll probably feel comfortable in a coffin when my time comes, because I like boxes. As in, clear definitions. Simplicity. Nice, tight boundaries, that’s…

“Perverse and foolish oft I strayed and yet in love He sought meAnd on His shoulder gently laid, and home, rejoicing, brought me.”-Henry W.…

The Jussie Smollett scandal is so chock-full of issues that writing about it can make you feel like a mosquito in a nudist camp.…

“And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,  but not with a willing heart.”-II Chronicles 25:2 The description above –…

Since there will be tons of “I Love You’s” floating around today, it’s worth considering the difference between godly love and affectionate reassurance.  Yes,…

I don’t believe people who say “I have no regrets.” Unless you’re of the sociopathic variety, you must have a combination of insight and…

“For God is not the author of confusion…”I Corinthians 14:33 God loves order and loathes confusion. That should give us pause when we see…

“Sometimes the person that hurt you the most, is the one you need the most.”-Author unknown Some of the people sitting next to you…

“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me.” (Job 9:20) The non-apology apology is one of life’s most frustrating experiences. It happens when…

If I tell myself I’m perfectly wonderful, then I’m deluded. If I tell myself I’m completely horrible, then I’m masochistic. But if I tell…

He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to…