A couple of weeks ago a coworker relayed a story to me about a couple who had been sweethearts since grade school only to arrive at college with the girl deciding that her future was not with the boyfriend but to become a nun. The young man being a devout [...]
This morning there was a knock at my door. When I answered the door I found a well groomed, nicely dressed couple. The man spoke first: “Hi! I’m John, and this is Mary.” Mary: “Hi! We’re here to invite you to come kiss Hank’s ass with us.” Me: “Pardon me?! [...]
It is not wise to continue pressing a cornered animal. You might not be able to coagulate fast enough. All my adult life, which is about as long as I’ve been paying attention, I’ve been presented with, subjected with, pestered with prophecy in one form or another. It’s like the [...]
When asked by NBC television presenter Brian Williams whether an abortion clinic bomber was a terrorist, Palin heaved a sigh and, at first, circumvented the question. “There’s no question that Bill Ayers by his own admittance was one who sought to destroy our US Capitol and our Pentagon. That is [...]
Christians have a problem. There’s evil in the world. People all over are rising up to fight it. Christians sit in a WWII pillbox and want to point fingers at everyone and say, “Okay God has raised us up to fight evil so first become one of us. Then join [...]
It takes 26,000 years for our solar system to pass through 13 constellations which we call the zodiac. How do we know? Well the calculations can be done and have been done using observation and extrapolation. But if one clings too tightly to calendars of a more recent creation, such [...]
The southern TV preacher always starts the verse “…For we wrassle not aginst flesh ‘n blood…” I’m not even going to give you the book, chapter and verse because I don’t remember the book, chapter and verse and I don’t feel like looking it up. If you want to read [...]
Early on in my time as a Christian I used to talk fairly regularly to a friend about God, the church and living a “Christian” life. I don’t do that anymore really. Life takes people in different directions and gives them different priorities. During one of our conversations she brought [...]
The one name or word that is the most over-used excuse, plot device, thumbscrew, trump-card and bludgeon is “God.” We use it to both bless and curse, and probably mostly the latter. When we don’t want to be questioned we drag in God to silence our opponent. We use it [...]
For a short while in the early 1980s I attended the Church of Religious Science. During one of the sermons the minister said, “…that doesn’t do a DAMN bit of good when a person is hurting.” He was referring to common platitudes uttered by the seemingly well meaning, which do [...]