This week’s Gospel reading (Matt 3:1-12) is a classic Advent text. This is the story of John the Baptist out in the wilderness, wearing clothing of camel’s hair and eating locusts no less, baptizing believers in the river Jordan. This text offers some interesting ins...
There is an old religion, all but dead for about 1000 years that used to compete with Christianity in the early Middle Ages. Manicheanism was a belief in the world as made up of light and dark; good and evil and everything should be viewed from this perspective. Its...
As I am taking a couple of weeks off, I am reposting this in preparation for Veterans Day and what it means to cheer for victory in war. This was written by Twain in 1905 as a reaction to the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine-American War. It masterf...
The recent Trump Administration decision to remove the small number of U.S. troops from the Kurdish controlled area of Syria, thereby allowing for Turkey to send in its armed forces to clear and control the area has created a bipartisan uproar in opposition to this mov...
Kindness has been much in the news this past week. It centers around the fact that Ellen DeGeneres spent a recent Sunday afternoon with former President George W. Bush. Many on the progressive left slammed her for doing this and she responded with...
This Thursday begins another season of what is unquestionably the greatest ministry I have been blessed to be a part of. Spirit Matters is a ministry that provides social and fellowship opportunities to special needs adults. There are a multitude of great programs f...
Trade has been much in the news this past week as the President went off on a tirade in which he amped up the trade war he ignited with China. His tweets ignited a firestorm and a massive sell off in the markets on Friday:
This past week saw the 50th. Anniversary of the Woodstock music festival. It is an overused cliché to say this or that event defined a generation but, in this instance, I think it is warranted. Unfortunately for Boomers this does not bring upon them any credit. A re...
