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Feeding The Beast
May 10, 2012
Oops!
May 3, 2012
What If This Present Were The World's Last Night?
April 26, 2012
In The News
Good Friday Is Good!
April 21, 2011
The day the Iraq War began in March 2003 I arrived at my parent’s home in Colorado about 7 pm. They had expected me a day earlier,...
April 21, 2011
The day the Iraq War began in March 2003 I arrived at my parent’s home in Colorado about 7 pm. They had expected me a day earlier,...
Chief of the Bullied
March 31, 2011
Bullying has been in the news a lot lately. Whether its apparent epidemic proportion in our day is simply an issue of modern...
March 31, 2011
Bullying has been in the news a lot lately. Whether its apparent epidemic proportion in our day is simply an issue of modern...
Tsunami
March 17, 2011
The pictures streaming from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have horrified many of us, just as 9/11 was a horrendous...
March 17, 2011
The pictures streaming from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have horrified many of us, just as 9/11 was a horrendous...
Big Boys Don’t Cry
February 24, 2011
You know the saying, "Big Boys Don't Cry." Well, America has a new Speaker who is not averse to weeping. Does that mean weeping by men is now in vogue? Hardly! . . . if you believe the many talking heads currently on television. The late night talk show comedians are yucking it up. The news media, liberal and conservative, can’t keep themselves from snickering comments, showing the same examples repeatedly while giving the impression that every time Speaker Boehner opens his mouth, he weeps....
February 24, 2011
You know the saying, "Big Boys Don't Cry." Well, America has a new Speaker who is not averse to weeping. Does that mean weeping by men is now in vogue? Hardly! . . . if you believe the many talking heads currently on television. The late night talk show comedians are yucking it up. The news media, liberal and conservative, can’t keep themselves from snickering comments, showing the same examples repeatedly while giving the impression that every time Speaker Boehner opens his mouth, he weeps....
The Other “Game” in Dallas
February 3, 2011
The annual Super Bowl event becomes larger and glitzier every year, and seems to hardly take notice of any recession. It is the single largest sports event in North America. Only the quadrennial FIFA World Cup Final of world futbol (soccer) surpasses it in worldwide TV audience, with the exception of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing and Princess Diana's funeral. Some students of history have compared our modern day Super Bowl to ancient Rome and the "sporting events" in the Roman...
February 3, 2011
The annual Super Bowl event becomes larger and glitzier every year, and seems to hardly take notice of any recession. It is the single largest sports event in North America. Only the quadrennial FIFA World Cup Final of world futbol (soccer) surpasses it in worldwide TV audience, with the exception of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing and Princess Diana's funeral. Some students of history have compared our modern day Super Bowl to ancient Rome and the "sporting events" in the Roman...
Pain in Tuscon
January 13, 2011
Scriptural Basis: “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord and on His law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:1-2 Application: The very public pain inflicted by one disturbed individual on so many in Tucson this past week is another opportunity to question the goodness of God and the nature of life in a world which God created and sustains. Most often the questioner...
January 13, 2011
Scriptural Basis: “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord and on His law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:1-2 Application: The very public pain inflicted by one disturbed individual on so many in Tucson this past week is another opportunity to question the goodness of God and the nature of life in a world which God created and sustains. Most often the questioner...
Today is Epiphany with a Promise
January 6, 2011
Scriptural Basis: “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commands.” Deuteronomy 7:9 Application: Today, January 6th, is the traditional date of Epiphany which has been celebrated in the church since the Third Century. Its theme has primarily been the visit of the first Gentiles to Jesus, the Magi from the East, who were led by the Sovereign God and a mysterious...
January 6, 2011
Scriptural Basis: “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commands.” Deuteronomy 7:9 Application: Today, January 6th, is the traditional date of Epiphany which has been celebrated in the church since the Third Century. Its theme has primarily been the visit of the first Gentiles to Jesus, the Magi from the East, who were led by the Sovereign God and a mysterious...
Post-Christmas Blues?
December 30, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other………I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass...
December 30, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other………I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass...
Don’t Have An Ichabod Christmas!
December 23, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.” Luke 2:29-32 Application: Who would ever name their son Ichabod? Perhaps we know the name best from the main character, Ichabod Crane, in Washington Irving’s tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. His story and personal attributes...
December 23, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.” Luke 2:29-32 Application: Who would ever name their son Ichabod? Perhaps we know the name best from the main character, Ichabod Crane, in Washington Irving’s tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. His story and personal attributes...
Amazing, Pondering, Treasuring
December 16, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “So they hurried off and found Mary, and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.” Luke 2:16-20 Application: Have...
December 16, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “So they hurried off and found Mary, and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.” Luke 2:16-20 Application: Have...