Proverbial Student

  •  HOME
  •  ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • BLOG
  • GET THE BOOK
  • CART
  •  CONTACT

Blog

Blog 133: Fasting, Misinformation

Misinformation. A headline caught my eye this week – “Woke church won’t use hymns written by White people.”  The headline was misleading.  The church was not going to stop singing hymns written by white people. It was going to fast Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 3 monthsApril 13, 2022 ago

Blog 132: March Madness, Women’s Sports

Faith. March Madness is over and we are now in the seasons of Passover and Easter. These are two important events of for people of faith. I wish everyone a meaningful season. KU –Carolina Basketball. I got my wish – Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 3 monthsApril 6, 2022 ago

Blog 131: Psychological Illusions, March Madness

Psychological Illusions. Watching the NCAA Men’s Tournament, I was reminded of an experience I had during my time at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I worked there for six months in 1990. Unlike football obsessed Alabama, North Carolina Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 3 monthsMarch 30, 2022 ago

Blog 130: Monetary Inflation, March Madness, Aging, A Sermon,

Monetary Inflation. Inflation is a major problem for all of us. I believe too many people have simplistic answers to why monetary inflation is occurring. Inflation is not caused by one person or anything that can be described by one Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 3 monthsMarch 23, 2022 ago

Blog: Supremacy, Not Whiteness

Oops. At my age, linguistic habits are hard to change. I did it again. I messed up prejudice and prejudiced in last week’s blog. Please forgive me. I will do better. James Lindsay. A good friend recommended I listen to Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 4 monthsMarch 16, 2022 ago

Blog 128: White Supremacy, Ukraine, Good News.

Critical Race Theory As I have said, I am determined to educate myself about critical race theory (CRT). I do not want to make a knee jerk acceptance or a knee jerk rejection. As I expected, my reading and thinking Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 4 monthsMarch 9, 2022 ago

Blog 127: Reunion, Service, Mardi Gras, Ukraine, Good News

Today’s blog is brief. Jeny and I spent last week preparing, enjoying and then recovering from a special weekend. I have not had a lot of time for today’s blog. Reunion. Last weekend, a group of men came to our Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 4 monthsMarch 2, 2022 ago

Blog 126: Happy Times

March Madness. In the next week, over 60 teams in each tournament will begin to decide the NCAA Men’s and Women’s national basketball championships. Maybe someday football will expand to at least 8 teams. I get the feed from my Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 4 monthsFebruary 23, 2022 ago

Blog 125: Standpoint Epistemology

Super Bowl. I cannot remember a football playoff with more close, exciting games. The Super Bowl was a fitting conclusion. I feel sorry for the Bengals and the people of Cincinnati because they have never won. I feel sorry for Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 4 monthsFebruary 16, 2022 ago

Blog 124: Whoopi

Grammar. After the last blog, a good friend pointed out a mistake. It was not a trivial error. Once again, I deeply appreciated someone making a comment because I learned something. The error was not an editorial oversight. The error Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 5 monthsFebruary 9, 2022 ago

Posts navigation

Previous 1 2 3 … 15 Next
Recent Posts
  • Blog 140: Celebrations, Police, Food for Thought
  • Blog 139: Uvalde and Divisiveness
  • Blog 138: Uvalde, Exceptional Event Bias
  • Family
  • Blog 137: Mass Shootings, Prejudice, Good Police Work, 60 Minutes
Archives
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
Subscribe to the blog!
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Cart
  • Checkout
  • Contact Us
  • Get the Book
  • Home
  • My account
  • Sample Page
  • Store
  • The Book
Hestia | Developed by ThemeIsle