Training to Transform the Culture

The Synergy of Smart Phone Apps and Church Ministry

My wife and I went on a cruise over New Years’ 2017.  We both agreed that we would go our separate ways during the day and meet up for important things like meals and ship-board events we both wanted to attend.  But if we needed to contact each other for some reason, how would we […]

The Federalization of Our Schools Has Failed

In his Inaugural Address, President George Washington peered into the future of a fledgling United States of America and identified the one thing that would hold our people together – or tear the nation apart.  He said that the foundation of “our National policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality” […]

Providing Cultural Leadership Via the Viral Loop

In a previous post, I discussed how a tech savvy millennial generation led by liberal progressives is dominating the “viral loop”.  The question is:  How do we on the conservative side compete when they seem to be so entrenched in the media culture? This is a question with which I’ve been wrestling for several years, […]

The Unraveling: The Way Forward

I have argued throughout my series of posts on The Unraveling that a great deal of our nation’s coming apart has been orchestrated by those who have no love for either our Judeo-Christian heritage, or the Constitutional framework established by the Founding Fathers.  In the second half of the 19th century, elements of what came […]

Journey Step 9: Learning to Build Online Community

Learning to Build Online Community Posted by Wise Jargon on Sunday, June 11, 2017 In 2004, the trend in adults going back to college to obtain a degree was being fueled by advances in the speed of the Internet. I became an adjunct instructor to teach face to face classes. And, by 2005, I had […]

The Unraveling: The Demise of Civics Education in America

Traditional civics education has always emphasized the idea of “right conduct” in the affairs of secular society. Civics, traditionally taught, therefore, is an education in what it means to be a good citizen, and is comprised of three components: A knowledge of the history of your nation and the philosophical foundation upon which it is […]

The Journey 8: Having Conversations About Truth with the Culture

Journey Step 8: Having Conversations About Truth with the Cul…Journey Step 8: Having Conversations About Truth with the Culture: Posted by Wise Jargon on Friday, June 2, 2017 This week, I talked about how in 2006 God laid on my heart the idea to create an E-Newsletter that would explore God’s Truth and share it […]

The Journey 7: Acting Wisely to Make Knowledge Acceptable

Acting Wisely to Make Knowledge AcceptablePosted by Wise Jargon on Friday, May 26, 2017 This week, I talked about how I started to write my novel, The Brotherhood of the Scroll, after listening to Pastor Chuck Swindoll teach about the Book of Jeremiah in his radio program, Insight for Living. When I published my novel […]

The Unraveling: The Gray Champion Meets the Country Class

In the 1830s and 1840s, the author Nathaniel Hawthorne published a series of short stories titled Twice Told Tales. One of those short stories was called The Gray Champion. I first became aware of this short story in a book titled Generations: The History of America’s Future. Published in 1991 by William Strauss and Neil […]

The Journey 6: God Desires to Expand Our Comfort Zones

God Desires to Expand Our Comfort ZonesThis week, I talked about how I left the world of government affairs and became a business phone system salesman. As a way to sell new, high tech applications to business, I wrote a book, Frist, I wrote a book called Buying Technology. After writing the book, I knew […]