Calvin Miller

Once upon a Thursday in 1519, the sculptor Ambrose awoke to a banging on his door. He ordered his mistress into the closet, for he did not want to weaken his reputation for being a good moral sculptor. The wench shuffled into hiding while the banging continued. Ambrose pulled on his robe and puttered in […]

Here it is 1999! We are even now signaling our turn into the next millennium. Who can say what it will be like? Some suggest that there is the slightest trace of sulfur in the air, indicating the advance of Apocalypse. Some say that the golden dawn bleeding through the weakened ozone is glint from […]

Someone once remarked that the worst of all possible moments for an atheist is to feel truly thankful and have no one there to thank. Most Americans are not actual atheists, but they may be practical atheists. An actual atheist has no God to thank. A practical atheist has a God to thank, but never […]

A certain king once committed adultery. This was a long time ago, when adultery was considered to be very wrong. The king had a general reputation for being religious. He wanted to be liked so he felt he should deny his affair publicly and take a few steps that would conceal his adultery. So, he […]

“Whatever happened to Baby Jane?” It’s a fair question. Push your little ones, and they make childish advances on their world — if they survive the push. We may not know who killed Jon-Benet Ramsey, but we do know that her parents forced her into Shirley Templeism. Was there not a sense of national outrage […]

And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for He has been mindful of the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things in me — holy is His name. His mercy extends […]

Remember the '70s and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru to Mia Farrow, the Beatles, and a couple of million Transcendental Meditators. Well, they're Baaack! Only now, Eastern Transcendentalism is wearing a new face; all things Hindu have been swallowed up by all things Buddhist. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the Hindu high flyer, is back a little […]

It's May and time to reflect once again on that blessed genre of humanity called Motherhood. Mother is a word that many would like to forget. Single women often feel the word is too exclusive. Some career women often feel the word has a sense of limited success to it. And radical feminists feel it […]

Laurie Beth Jones in her book, Jesus C.E.O., quotes a child as saying that Jesus' first words upon stepping out of the tomb that first Easter morning, were, "Ta-Da!" It may seem a little frivolous to us, but not to a child's way of thinking. Easter is the grand "Ta-Da!" It is the great surprise. […]

Recently I happened to be in a Moslem dictatorship where the president of the country had just purchased 300 new Ford trucks for his army. For the moment I will assume he actually needed the trucks, and they will have nothing to do with enforcing his military rule over his country. I will assume he […]