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EPISTLE TO THE REMNANT

It’s amazing how we learn even as we age.  Just as you retire and look for that life of leisure, something pops up and bites you in the butt.  Like a pandemic.  Or a revolution.  Something you never dreamed of being a part of.  Now, I’m starting to understand for the first time in my life what’s it life to be a part of a persecuted minority. Oh, I’m a white male in a country that’s 60.9% white (2022 census) and I’m a Christian in...

Eve of Destruction

EVE OF DESTRUCTION

“Take a look around you boy, It’s bound to scare you boy.“ July 1965 July 1965 was a cool 75.5 degrees Fahrenheit U.S. wide, much milder than we see today in July. A month earlier on Gemini IV, astronaut Ed White became the first American to “walk in space.”  The U.S. Civil Rights Movement continued to gain steam in America thanks to leaders such as Dr Martin Luther King and the Reverend Ralph Abernathy. A sympathetic President Lyndon Johnson had...

Our Lady of Paris Reopens

OUR LADY OF PARIS REOPENS

On December 7, 2024, Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich knocked loudly three times on the door to Notre Dame cathedral with his staff, referred to as a crozier1.  Once the doors were opened according to the “Rite of the Open Door,” the organ played, the bell rang and the reopening ceremony began as the cathedral once again roared to life following the catastrophic fire of April 25, 2019. Our Lady of Paris stirred from her slumber. The cornerstone for Notre Dame cathedral was...

I've come to take you home/

I’VE COME TO TAKE YOU HOME

Last Sunday Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth President of the United States closed his eyes for the final time and passed from this life to the next. It was a sad day for Deena and me. President Carter was a folk hero to us. A mentor. But now, Jesus has come to take him home. I was a young Christian during the seventies when Richard Nixon was in office. I’d go to prayer meetings and Bible studies and people would plead...

Under pressure

UNDER PRESSURE

Today, as never before in the last half century, people are under pressure, serious pressure. Those in Generation Z (born 1995-2012) or even older generations before this one, and the current Alpha generation, feel stressed and squeezed. A once-in-a-century pandemic interrupted the education and social development of Zoomers for several years and our society is still not back to normal. Zoomers may not have jobs, and if they do, their jobs may not provide a living wage for them and their...

Sailors take warning

SAILORS TAKE WARNING

Have you ever heard the old adage “Red skies in the morning, sailors take warning.  Red skies at night, sailors delight?” Perhaps you read it in the Bible (Matthew 16:2,3)? An adage, itself, is a short statement with an element of truth. For more than two millennia this bit of folksy wisdom has been passed down among mariners and their kin. And, there is actually science behind this. In the mid-latitudes, a red sunrise at sea can mean that a...

A Night To Remember

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

There’s something about Madison Square Garden that draws attention.  I could not help but notice it several months ago when Deena and I were in NYC.  It is often the site of national political party conventions such as it was in 1976, 1980, 1992 and 2004, and it also serves as a sporting venue.  In 1971, the “Fight of the Century” between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier was held in the Garden.  Today, the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers keep the...

LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS

LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS

This afternoon I plopped on the couch while my wife Deena was watching a rally where former President Barak Obama was speaking. It was in Wisconsin, that he was just concluding his remarks. The repeated rounds of applause were positively thunderous. As he was about to introduce Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Walz (D), Bruce Springsteen’s voice could be heard in the background singing “Land of Hope and Dreams.” Springsteen has always been a favorite musician of mine, at least since “The...

Do not believe every spirit.

DO NOT BELIEVE EVERY SPIRIT

The World Population Clock estimates that there are almost 8.2 billion souls on Earth.  No doubt, it uses a simple algorithm weighing births against deaths and showing a net gain over time.  But is that the end of it?  Are things as simple as that?  In his famous work, Paradise Lost, poet John Milton (1608-1614) wrote: Of course, just because the famous muse penned this doesn’t mean that it is true.  Yet, each of the two testaments in the Bible seems to suggest that there was more than...

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