Yesterday’s headline blared – “Priest accused of stealing $600K over 4 years.” Today’s says, “Priest says ill-gotten money went to school.” Father Bob, to all accounts, is a great guy, with a big heart, who wanted to have a parochial… Continue reading

A Better Way Our Bible study group is doing a year-long survey of the Bible. The goal is to step back to see the Bible as a unified revelation of God, to understand the themes of entire books, rather than… Continue reading

Jim McGreevy, former Governor of NJ, appeared on Oprah yesterday to promote his new book about his sordid, sorry, selfish life. He was working hard convince the TV audience that he was some kind of victim. The truth is that… Continue reading

Human beings easily ‘see’ the world through lens distorted by pre-conceptions and assumptions. We all do it! Friedman, in his insightful book, The World is Flat, (Farrar, 2005) writes about the radical Muslim clerics in the Middle East who hate… Continue reading

60 Minutes ran a story about Bill Romanowski, the NFL linebacker who played mean, vicious football for 16 seasons with four different teams. Romo was not a nice man and for a long time was proud of that fact. He… Continue reading

An incident from about thirty years ago still makes me smile with amusement at the arrogance that gripped me back then. (Hopefully, it’s moderated some by time and the Spirit’s influence.) The family and I were headed home from Sunday… Continue reading

Some subjects make for an interesting conversation, and that’s all. You know, the great issues of life like: Should the English monarchy continue to be supported by the government? Will Oprah ever marry Stedman? What are the primary colors for… Continue reading

The conversation bordered on the bizarre as the person insisted that his whole family was his enemy. It is a sad scenario in which he has become increasingly committed to his perceptions, no matter who tries to help him grasp… Continue reading

Lanny Wolfe penned a song in the 1970’s called “God’s Wonderful People.” Part of the lyrics say, “There’s no place I’d rather be, than with the ones who’ve been set free, I’m so glad I’m in God’s great big family.”… Continue reading

Five years ago today, 19 men full of hatred for ‘the Great Satan’ – America – hijacked 4 airliners and turned them into flying bombs. By Noon that day, 3000 people had died, billions of dollars in property damage was… Continue reading