I am so conflicted, my emotions running from righteous anger to a deep sadness over the state of our world today. My sadness is that there is so much BAD news in the headlines about religion in our world. We seldom hear much about the good that religion does to make our societies safe and whole. Religion used to be the glue that held
... Continue ReadingMinistry News
Don’t Count Him Out Yet!
Do you get discouraged watching the daily news of terror, shootings, ISIS, murder and such? Well,welcome to the club! With so much information about how bad things are, we become overwhelmed with it all. A friend said to me recently, “Armageddon is coming, we’d better get ready!” Now, it may be true that human history is heading toward the big conflict, but I am not
... Continue Reading
As the World Explodes Around Us
Don’t panic, the world is not coming to an end! At least not real soon. So many of my friends are intimidated by the Muslim extremist and their barbarous acts of murder, mayhem and malice towards the West. They see it as bringing us to the end of the world. However, even as the Jihadists randomly attack infidels (as they see us) around the
... Continue ReadingA New Start
Vows are promises we make with the full intention of keeping them-most of the time. I’m guessing the American idea of making New Year’s resolutions came out of the human need to do better. If that is true, many of our “resolves” are guilt motivated. Like, we ate too much rich food during those Christmas holidays. Not just too much, but too much of
... Continue ReadingChristmas & Advent
Barber shops are like libraries-full of information if you take the time to find it. Last week, I was having my grey hair washed by this girl behind me I had never seen before. To me, she was only water, a voice and hands massaging my wet, soapy head. Trying to make conversation, she was babbling about nothing, so I said to her, “Tell
... Continue ReadingIt’s Christmastime Again! Part 2
Let’s take it back! Today millions can have their Christ-less Christmas and not miss a Christmas carol beat! As millions of immigrants from Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and other non-Christian cultures have made America their home; they see our holiday but DO NOT see the Christmas Story nor its salvation message. I want to suggest something to you. Rather than quit on Christmas, let’s take
... Continue ReadingIt’s Christmastime Again! Part 1
Last year I wrote my mixed reviews about the American way of Christmas. I am at it again! Really, like so many of us as believers in Christ, we hate the greed, the secularism and the bastardazation of what should be “our party.” No one messes with Ramadan or Hanukkah, so why do we let the pagans have our Christmas? I think I have
... Continue ReadingWhat Happened to Thanksgiving?
It is early November and Christmas marketing is appearing everywhere. Really, am I missing something or did Madison Ave. & Wall Street just skip over Thanksgiving? It’s like “retail America” has no morals or traditions worthy of preserving when it comes to the cash register! Christmas advertising has bypassed. Thanksgiving is in the mad race for retail dollars. It’s not like we who live
... Continue Reading
Republicans Up to Bat!
The election night is past, the smoke has cleared and Washington has a new change of guard. Half our tribe is sad and the other half is glad. Millions are hopeful, while the losers are questioning their rejection. Before you who voted “Republican” get too carried away, let me offer a word of caution. Having just come out of Halloween in which American parents
... Continue ReadingOutsourcing Our Lives
So many things have changed in my lifetime, I cannot count them all! One of those changes is what is now being called “Outsourcing.” When I was in high school, that word was not in our vocabulary or even in a dictionary. It is a corporate word that describes what has become a 21st Century phenomena. What corporate America means by outsourcing is that
... Continue Reading
