The Daily Ground Hog

On April 18th, 1936, Dennis Lynn Brady was born to Lloyd and Pauline Brady. He would eventually become my father.  Today he is 80 years old....

Back in the Day when I tried it, they were calling it conversion therapy and there were several varieties of it. The 'science' was i...

Here at the Daily Ground Hog, we get the occasional letter to the editor and these letters are taken as serious and insightful attempts to c...

As we all grow older, our physical appearance changes. Some of us become "distinguished". I love that one. I recently had an encou...

Since 1980, when the government put down recommendations for what we should and should not eat, Americans that adopted these guidelines have...

An elder in my church talked about lying during his communion meditation on Sunday. It got me to thinking about the whole issue of lying and...

We Christians are a weird people. Seriously. I know we are supposed to be peculiar, that we are to be the light and salt of the world, to be...

It does not seem like those four things should go together, but I believe that at least sometimes they do. The spiritual nature of humanity ...

In a text conversation yesterday with my old fishing buddy, Eric, I said that this blog was a monument to my own narcissism. He thought that...

This is a lifetime process for some of us. I know there are those of you that have always worn your lives on your sleeves. You've never ...

In the summer of 1975, I went to the Cincinnati Bible College. I went there right out of high school. I took some summer school courses to s...

Just a passing observation or three here. When people change, they take others on the ride with them...even if they don't want to go. ...

I hope not. I really do not like the words "religious" and "religion". They reek of superstition and the works of men de...

A friend suggested the other day that I was uniquely placed to perform a certain function in God's church. This friend felt that it was ...

We Christians spend a great deal of time railing against what the Scriptures call sin. We are not alone. Orthodox members of Judaism and Isl...

This afternoon I went down to Aquabi State Park to do some fishing. It's a beautiful park, but it was kind of windy and fishing was slow...

I can feel the age creeping up on me. I went out into the yard and worked today and my body feels like someone beat me with a tire iron. Tha...

It's odd how just a few words in a public place can change things. Have you ever thought about that? Information is valuable in many way...

Jesus Has Risen 24  On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the ...

Well, no. Not really. She died about 5 years ago (May 31, 2011), but she made herself known to me today from "beyond" in a way tha...