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A View From the Pew
“In fact, he (Bono of U2) predicts that churches, of various denominations, ‘could be filled instead of emptied. But it depends on how they’re used. We have to hope that people will live their faith, rather than just preach it. We have to preach it. If you’re a preacher, preach it. But if you can’t…
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UNREDEEMABLE: a study of the movie, “Spirited”
Ryan Reynolds has to be one of my all time favorite actors. From the whimsical fantasy of Free Guy to Dead Pool crassness, he is simply fabulous on so many levels. So when he was featured in a new movie with Will Ferrell, well, I simply had to check it out, right? The main theme…
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Old Dogs
There’s that old saying, “Can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Sometimes it’s said by old dogs, unwilling to learn a new trick. Sometimes it is said by young dogs trying to force their “new” tricks on old dogs. Young dogs are very tiresome to old dogs. (I mean that in the nicest possible way…
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Religious?: Logs & Splinters
John 8:58 “‘Very truly I tell you,’ Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.” I’m reading John 8, where Jesus calls Himself “I Am,” and then has to slip away from the temple to avoid them…
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“Life is Pain!” Reflections on FAIRness
“It’s not fair,” a good friend said to me the other day. I hadn’t heard that in a while (my kids are all grown up and I’m more likely to say that to them than the other way around now-a-days.) But this friend WAS all grown up and still caught deeply in the snare of…
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A Christ’s Birth Card (in December where it doesn’t belong) (You’re welcome, Dave)
So, Christmas cards, such a wonderful old fashioned tradition. I used to be amazing at it, though sometimes my “Christmas letter” became a January one instead. Wonderful things happened in our families this year. July 1st our very first grandchild, Remington James Spaulding was born and we were thrilled to spend ten days out…
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Week 2 of NaNoWriMo November writing contest: Overcoming Adversity (they don’t announce the winner until next Wednesday)
Mum settled into the chair and let the nurse poke and prod her skinny arm. Her wrinkled skin hung down, swaying back and forth. “Are you on any special diet, Priscilla?” “Am I” Mum exclaimed, ready to recite her litany of woe. She counted them off on her fingers. “I’m diabetic, so have to…
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Week 1 of NaNoWriMo November writing contest: Wasting Time (I win! I win!)
Robert and Maria filled up the wooden porch chairs and then some. Amelia perched on the edge of hers, so emaciated you could almost see through her. Each had a walker set in front of them. “Mornin’ folks,” JJ said with a smile, making his way slowly from the door. “Gonna sit a spell this…
