2014-04-109Comments

Why I’m a Christian

I see myself as an evangelical (lower case) Christian (uppercase) apologist. I think every Christian is an apologist to some degree. No, not a “professional...

by C Michael Patton

Depression

Personal (Michael Patton)

2014-01-0612Comments

Carrying the Burden of the Sadness of a Loved One

It has been almost two months since my father died. Perhaps, not enough time has elapsed to make me a sage on the subject of death, but I’ll never pass up a chance to...

by C Michael Patton

Personal (Michael Patton)

2013-11-1545Comments

On the Death of My Father – William Michael Patton: 1947-2013

There is not a prayer I remember praying before this one. It is a prayer, which as a child, I frequently prayed with tears. I prayed it with my mother, with my sisters, and...

by C Michael Patton

Personal (Michael Patton)

2013-09-1711Comments

The Wisdom of a Mother

I don’t think there is anything that rules our lives more than a moment by moment attempt to be happy. We will try just about anything to stabilize our moods and...

by C Michael Patton

Personal (Michael Patton)

2013-09-1316Comments

Why I Can’t Open My Mouth

Lately I have felt like Zechariah, John the Baptist’s dad, who had his mouth shut for a time because he did not believe the angel’s message that he and Elizabeth...

by C Michael Patton

Doubt

Personal (Michael Patton)

2012-10-304Comments

Blogs to God: 10/30/12

Lord, I am thankful to you that I have yet to experience anything like the dreaded time of 2010. I still don’t know the reason such a depth of depression came upon me,...

by C Michael Patton

Personal (Michael Patton)

Suffering and Pain

2012-10-168Comments

Why I Hate Aph Hymon

Mom senses a bit of the problem. I don’t want her to. I want her to think she is no trouble at all. I want her to know that changing her diaper is a joy for me. I want...

by C Michael Patton

Personal (Michael Patton)

2012-10-106Comments

My Two Moms

In 2006, my mother had a brain aneurysm. Since then she . . . Wait. I am getting ahead of myself. I need to back up. Growing up, my mother was a very strong figure in my life....

by C Michael Patton

Personal (Michael Patton)

2012-08-098Comments

Nazirite Vow Update #2: What My Wife Thinks of My Vow

by C Michael Patton

Personal (Michael Patton)

2012-08-0550Comments

On My Gaining Weight and Vow to Lose It

As many of you have so subtly noticed and kindly looked past, I have gained quite a bit of weight since 2006. In fact, I have gone from 200 to 270 pounds. I don’t know...

by C Michael Patton

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