Jon Kennedy
Jon Kennedy


Jon Kennedy’s online ‘Jonal’ articles 2001-2008

These articles are columns, opinion pieces, travelogues, and observations about general or universal human issues. Some refer to local institutions and the landscape of the writer's boyhood home around Nanty Glo, Pa. The articles that make up a series are numbered at the right below, so the beginning can easily be found. The numbers in the navigation frame at left are in sequential order from the latest to first order. Click any of them to display the numbered article in this frame.

INDEX IN LATEST-TO-FIRST ("DESCENDING") ORDER IS BELOW
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | BOTTOM | REVERSE ORDER
19 ‘Jonal articles - 2008
   
1077
11/12/2008 Earning the right to speak
1076
11/05/2008 Mere Christianity: Life's dual purposes
   
1075
10/31/2008 Legislating morality
1074
10/30/2008 Media bias and democracy
1073
10/23/2008 Election issues
1072
10/08/2008 Camera considerations
   
1071
9/25/2008 Memories from deep childhood
1070
9/18/2008 The biggest changes in Nanty Glo since last year
1069
9/03/2008 Hayride at Vintondale Homecoming
   
1068
8/30/2008 Home again, home again, jiggety jig
1067
8/22/2008 County-wide high-speed Internet comes to Cambria
1066
8/21/2008 The first day of my retirement
1065
8/20/2008 Not working for 'the man'
1064
8/13/2008 The top four, ever
1063
8/06/2008 Trash talk and the company we keep
 
1062
7/30/2008 Sign of the times / 'Judging' revisited
1061
7/23/2008 Little boycotts
1060
7/16/2008 Media mischief
1059
7/09/2008 Sticking a tentative toe in the water

CSLewis‘C.S. Lewis Overflow’ articles - 2007-8
Jon Kennedy's latest book is The Everything Guide to C.S. Lewis and Narnia, now available online and through bookstores from Adams Media, F&W Publications. This series of articles is thinking inspired by readings in Lewis's work that didn't fit into the book.
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60 ‘Jonal articles - 2006
   
1000
7/03/2006 Loose ends The 1000th and final Jonal
999
6/30/2006 Conservativism and extremism Two liberals help get a handle
998
6/28/2006 Keep busy Another weapon in the warfare for taking the kingdom of heaven
997
6/26/2006 Saints alive It's more than 'only believe'
996
6/23/2006 Judging How my mind changed
995
6/21/2006 Christifying our minds Christian worldview II
994
6/19/2006 A Christian worldview Yet another take
993
6/16/2006 Practicing what I preach What I should have said
992
6/12/2006 The rules of engagement Pointers for civil discourse
991
6/09/2006 'It's only a movie' No. No, it isn't
990
6/07/2006 Sacralization The opposite of sexualization
989
6/05/2006 Rights and responsibilities The brief history of rights
988
6/02/2006 Venice tourist treatment The quintessence of "the Southern California myth"
   
987
5/31/2006 Venice revisited A gallery of Venice, California scenes
986
5/29/2006 System recovery Fighting the CWS trojan attacks
985
5/19/2006 Character studies Third in series
984
5/17/2006 Word study: Simplicity More wisdom from Elder Maximos, II
983
5/15/2006 Word study: Cunningness More wisdom from Elder Maximos
982
5/12/2006 Friday fluff Could the Mexican immigration 'problem' be a solution?
981
5/10/2006 In praise of protest Bob Lonsberry isn't always wrong
980
5/08/2006 News flash: Most religions have common roots Why most journalists shouldn't tackle religion
979
5/05/2006 Questions about Opus Dei
978
5/03/2006 Word study: Christian vocations Opus Dei is not alone
977
5/01/2006 Word study: Opus Dei Secular work and holiness
   
976
4/28/2006 Stanford memoir II 1972 - 1981
975
4/26/2006 Stanford memories My lost years
974
4/24/2006 Bright Monday Some tour photos from Stanford University
973
4/21/2006 Doubt and logic The tension between doubt and belief.
972
4/19/2006 Certitude and doubt No doubt!
971
4/17/2006 Blessed hope Newsday's culture-of-death Easter homily
970
4/14/2006 The war on Easter and the Gospel of Judas flap
969
4/12/2006 The burden of evidence Proving that Jesus of Nazareth lived
968
4/10/2006 An almost unsolicited plug The "why" and "what" of Xnmp
967
4/07/2006 Ahead of the game? Lessons learned from publishing experiences
   
966
3/22/2006 Another full plate, and loose ends on Monday's Jonal Another leave taking.
965
3/20/2006 What (who) is a Christian? If not C. S. Lewis, who?
964
3/17/2006 Happy St. Patrick's Day photos and facts about the Apostle to Ireland
963
3/15/2006 Self-analyzing homesickness part 3 in series on sehnsucht
962
3/13/2006 Longing for God (sehnsucht, part 2)
961
3/10/2006 Sehnsucht Longing for a place or time
960
3/06/2006 Round three More vicissitudes of book publishing; comments on the Oscars
959
3/03/2006 Notes for possible further consideration
958
3/01/2006 Word studies: religion and leaps of faith - A failure to communicate
   
957
2/27/2006 Another vacation photo—a closely cropped look at the Nanty Glo Gazebo
956
2/24/2006 The parable of the talents
955
2/22/2006 Frugality and stewardship Take two
954
2/20/2006 Word studies: frugality and stewardship
953
2/17/2006 Mid-winter reading Miscellaneous excerpts
952
2/15/2006 A prisoner of my past A little of this and that.
951
2/13/2006 Two poles of opinjion on the cartoon controversy
950
2/10/2006 A magnificent (?) obsession Is there too much emphasis on sex?
949
2/08/2006 Ineffability Maybe that's what he meant instead of 'irrationality'?
948
2/06/2006 A mystery from Twin Rocks, circa 1955 A famous quartet plays the Big Bend School Auditorium
947
2/03/2006 Righteous outrage and outrageous behavior We're all comedians.
946
2/01/2006 The irrationality of believing
   
945
1/30/2006 Word studies Heresy, apostasy
944
1/27/2006 Lesson learned More thoughts on Anne Rice novel; great tribulation
943
1/25/2006 Gnosticism The ancient occult 'knowledge' religion
942
1/23/2006 Anne Rice's Jesus Thoughts about Anne Rice's novel and the gnostic gospels
941
1/20/2006 Nice to be Back On being back online, and thoughts about Anne Rice's Jesus novel

127 ‘Jonal articles - 2005
RETURN TO TOP (2006) | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 BOTTOM
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12/02/2005 Finally We're back after our Internet service was disrupted on November 9
 
939
11/09/2005 A new perspective on a familiar sight Johnstown's Incline Plane
938
11/07/2005 Reduced load An exciting development; Pride of the Valley
937
11/04/2005 Parallel universes The American left and right hardly know each other any more
936
11/02/2005 Where the rubber meets the road Relativism vs. absolute truths
   
935
10/31/2005 The true meaning of healing
934
10/28/2005 Jet-lagging Fighting vacation post-partum or...?
933
10/26/2005 Halloween Should Christians oppose it?
932
10/24/2005 Truth in labeling People for "the" American Way?
931
10/21/2005 Friday pocket pickin's The webcam dream is fading fast
930
10/17/2005 A good time was had by all The webmaster 'roasted' in Nanty Glo
929
10/14/2005 Report from the Home Page front
928
10/12/2005 Goin' fishing Plans for trip to Home Page Country
927
10/10/2005 Security of the believer Calvinist, and Orthodox, theological views
926
10/7/2005 Allegheny rambler A collection of pocket lint
925
10/5/2005 Bad theology Religious exclusivity
924
10/3/2005 Bad science The good type of science has no need for totalitarian tactics
   
923
9/30/2005 A pocketful of peeves Friday roundup
922
9/28/2005 What doesn't make something 'Christian'? Fruit of the spirit.
921
9/26/2005 What makes something 'Christian'? Is the United States a 'Christian nation'?
920
9/23/2005 Potpourri A second pocketful of notes
919
9/21/2005 'Mere Christianity' and anabaptism Universal faith and some departures
918
9/19/2005 Eighth anniversary reflections It hasn't been our best year
917
9/16/2005 No straw after Labor Day A pocketful of notes on several items
916
9/14/2005 Christian worldview redux Getting acquainted with God changes everything else
915
9/12/2005 A 'conservative' teen columnist calls for separating religion and disaster-relief politics
914
9/09/2005 God, gays, Gaza, gambling, or George W.? Who's to blame, 2
913
9/07/2005 Who's to blame? Katrina: God, the President, gay casinos?
912
9/05/2005 Actually, it's the Left that's promoting an establishment of religion
911
9/02/2005 Living past 30 More thoughts on Peter Pan syndrome
   
910
8/312005 Playing the fool Another look at the Sermon on the Mount
909
8/29/2005 Trivial pursuits The life centered on 'things' and acquisitions
908
8/26/2005 Pat Robertson's carelessness Loose lips sink Christians' approval ratings
907
8/24/2005 Making heaven wait? —take two
906
8/22/2005 Making heaven wait? Why struggle to keep such a miserable life going when heaven's so great?
905
8/19/2005 The Nohaides and today's news Christian right and Jewish right mutuality
904
8/17/2005 The seven Nohaides A way of salvation within Judaism for non-Jews
903
8/15/2005 Partial-birth abortion When do news media become accessories to murder?
902
8/12/2005 Word studies: multiculturalism vs. pluralism Wringing somenew changes
901
8/10/2005 Only two options are viable Leftist/secularism vs. Judeo-Christianity
900
8/08/2005 Word studies: Thinking globally vs. one-worldism
899
8/05/2005 Think globally Loving your neighbor nations
898
8/03/2005 Word studies: scandal and secrecy Confession and communion
897
8/01/2005 Headlines worth reading and pausing to reflect upon
   
896
7/29/2005 Allusiveness (or, it's about the writing)
895
7/27/2005 The nonvirtue of selfishness What Monday's Jonal was not about
894
7/25/2005 But I was much older then How the eternal youth phenomenon is warping culture
893
7/22/2005 Lite notes
892
7/20/2005 More music
891
7/18/2005 Revisiting the 'second tier' Another look at pop music
890
7/15/2005 Religion is life
889
7/13/2005 Defining "religion"
888
7/11/2005 It is as it was—Longing for the monastery 2
887
7/08/2005 Longing for the monastery Not to be a monk, but...
886
7/06/2005 More word studies Evangel -ical -ist -ism
885
7/04/2005 Word studies What do words like 'intelligent design' really mean?
884
7/01/2005 Death as a way of life Wisdom from...Steve Jobs?
883
6/29/2005 Gay liberation and feminism
882
6/27/2005 Feminism and the sexualizing of American culture
881
6/24/2005 More discussion of social changes since the 1960s
880
6/22/2005 On with the discussion of social changes since the 1960s
879
6/20/2005 Continuing the discussion of social changes since the 1960s
878
6/17/2005 Thinking theoretically about social upheaval and progress
877
6/15/2005 Looking closer at changes to 'society' since 1960 New look introduced!
876
6/13/2005 Better, or worse, 'society' since 1960? Few responses to survey question to list
875
6/10/2005 Are things better, or worse, since 1960? Cup half full or half empty?
874
6/08/2005 Godly rulers From the Old Testament to William Gladstone
873
6/06/2005 Ford boycott suspended | Cromwell Thoughts about a 'Christian' political leader
872
6/03/2005 My boycott of Ford Ford Motor Company has gone over to the dark side
871
6/01/2005 Life's joyful-sad moments Brandi's eighth-grade graduation
870
5/31/2005 View from (and of) a rock A visit to Alcatraz
869
5/30/2005 Dirty work but someone has to do it A company trip to Yosemite National Park
868
5/27/2005 The 'truths' in Marc Alexander's letter Christian "dominionism," 3
867
5/25/2005 Challenging untruths in Marc Alexander's letter Christian "dominionism," 2
866
5/24/2005 A confession of atheirstic faith Christian "dominionism"
865
5/20/2005 Creativity and liberalism
864
5/18/2005 Creating our own worlds Renaissance versus traditionalism
863
5/16/2005 The unfunny side of sex Why dirty jokes and words are unholy
862
5/13/2005 Is sex funny? A surprising confirmation in C.S. Lewis
861
5/11/2005 A letter to a teen columnist Helpful words to the wise, or something
860
5/09/2005 What's left? Why the "Christian left" is wrong.
859
5/06/2005 Where were we? Why are some "religious" countries inclined to socialism?
Nanty Glo.com server was down for most of week
858
4/29/2005 Welfarism leads to totalitarianism Why the 'Christian left' misses the point
857
4/27/2005 'Liberal' evangelicals Why media and Democrat strategists are looking to recruit.
856
4/25/2005 Later spring views Photos of spring flowers sent by David and Patty Caldwell
855
4/22/2005 Being discovered 3 -validation Working and waiting
854
4/20/2005 Being discovered 2 -recognition Being recognized brings motivation
853
4/19/2005 Being discovered Still waiting for that big break
852
4/15/2005 Twice born A look at what some consider a magic formula to get you into heaven
851
4/13/2005 I write, ergo I am
850
4/11/2005 Another reason I became a writer
849
4/08/2005 More thoughts about why I'm a writer
848
4/06/2005 Why I'm a writer If we had the verbal acuity of Robin Williams, we wouldn't bother....
847
4/04/2005 A sweet fragrance Reflections on the passing of Terri Shiavo and Pope John Paul II
846
4/01/2005 Liberals, here? Who will take the challenge to balance the forum?
845
3/30/2005 Jewish renaissance? Religious Judaism seems to be making a comeback
844
3/28/2005 Some of my best friends Perhaps the best article on 'gay marriage' is introduced
843
3/25/2005 Annunciations Changing the subject to the Terri Shiavo case
842
3/23/2005 Hollywood's good news...? R-rating movies are down, PG and PG-13 up
841
3/21/2005 Brushes with technology - 4 The Linotype as rudimentary computer.
840
3/18/2005 Brushes with technology - 3
839
3/16/2005 My early brushes with technology - 2 The old way newspapers were printed
838
3/14/2005 Brushes with technology History: Linotype comes to Nanty Glo
837
3/11/2005 Make up your mind Thinking theoretically means rebuilding your mind
836
3/09/2005 Finding the right Back to theoretical thought
835
3/07/2005 Hunger for orthodoxy Not capital-O Orthodoxy but the quest for truth or right
834
3/04/2005 Behavior modeling Who are the children God wants us to protect?
833
3/02/2005 Millstones How the protective cocoon for children has unraveled
832
2/28/2005 A liberal bastian gets—or rediscovers—religion A surprising NY Times article
831
2/25/2005 How Far Back? part two
830
2/23/2005 How Far Back? If the Conservatives offer the Middle Ages, what do the Liberals offer?
829
2/22/2005 Theocracy
828
2/21/2005 Consistent life theology; gun ownership and use Taking issue with Fr. John Breck's takes
827
2/18/2005 Rambling Wreck from Red Mill Road Thoughts mostly on music
826
2/16/2005 A woman's perspective on sexualizing
825
2/14/2005 'Feedback' on sexualizing series
824
2/11/2005 Nanty Glo was rock and roll Some things were different in the day
823
2/9/2005 Sexualizing culture - 3: college campuses The campus seen as sexual carnival
822
2/7/2005 Sexualizing culture - 2: teens How television's eroded standards sexualize our kids
821
2/4/2005 Sexualizing culture - 1 Sexuality in the Belsano first grade
820
2/2/2005 More thoughts on Interference On not sexualizing children.
819
2/1/2005 Blowing my horn; a press release Introducing this index; PR from Stephen Bennett
818
1/31/2005 A religion of peace? Answer to question about Islam
817
1/28/2005 When common sense isn't Conclusion of the series on evangelical history
816
1/26/2005 Common sense then and now A failure of theoretical thought in popular religion
815
1/24/2005 Some personal correlations My agnostic "Protestant" forebears
814
1/21/2005 Self-evident truths The mindset of the Revolutionary War and revival era
813
1/19/2005Our original reality show How common sense realism molds America
812
1/17/2005Common and uncommon sense Common sense realism; Christianity and culture
811
1/14/2005A giant awakes...and makes a break Hybrid Christianity
810
1/12/2005Awakenings America's First Great Awakening