PLENTY OFTEN AS A KID, I heard that the world would likely end at the second coming of Christ, even before I could finish school.
Back in those Happy Days 50s, the world was a vastly different place than it has now become. The imminence of the world’s end was more an article of faith than [...]
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AS GREATLY TO BE DESIRED as Utopia might be, the fact is that before Utopia, we’re going to face Dystopia instead. In a Christian frame of reference, this means that before Heaven and an eternity of perfect happiness must come the rest of time here on Earth.
Beliefs in Christianity differ on the arriving Dystopia—the “time [...]
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Two videos on the Large Hadron Collider project
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EINSTEIN SAID THAT ENERGY equals Mass times the Speed of Light, squared (E=MC2). I don’t pretend to understand much of the Theory of Relativity. But I do “get” that in some way beyond me, energy can transmute into mass, and vice versa.
When I read in the Word that [...]
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HERE’S A POSTSCRIPT TO the post below on Tim Russert. In this video clip, Tim’s son Luke shares memories of his dad and family.
I happen to believe that God is big on families and invented them. In a world today where families are under siege, it’s uplifting to see the obvious rewards that come from [...]
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Luke, “Big Russ,” and Tim Russert
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THIS WEEK, MY FAVORITE TV newsman—and in that, I’m only one of millions—suddenly passed away at age 58.
Tim was a great family man. He adored his dad—and wrote the book Big Russ & Me in his honor. For Tim, the sun also rose and set in his son, Luke. Here’s [...]
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THE YEAR WAS 2000. I was still working my way out of a long tunnel of cancer treatment: surgeries, chemo, and radiation.
A movie came out that year—one that inspired me enough I had to purchase it to view again—which by now, I’ve done many times.
One line in particular seemed to sum up a word that [...]
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NOT A ONE OF US, AS WE journey through life, isn’t offended, wounded, betrayed, wronged, or targeted for vicious falsehoods by others. I’ve experienced my share too.
I know first-hand how soul-deep the pain goes when others sow lies, attack one’s good name, spread false allegations, assume the worst, deny the benefit of the doubt, and [...]
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IN THE MOVIE BASED ON the above character, Forrest Gump is given to sharing his guiding life philosophy, learned from his “Mama.” Hence, “My Mama always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates.’”
Another of his principles surfaced when people unkindly questioned his intelligence: “My Mama always said, ‘Stupid is as stupid does.’”
In [...]
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IF THIS MONTH WERE A speedometer, for me it would have been pegged to the redline all month. A real tail-chaser. So busy that I’ve had to swear off crime and mischief and most of my repertoire of sins.
Not righteousness by works, maybe, but at least righteousness by working.
In a couple of days, this wee [...]
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THIS JUST IN…Tuesday afternoon, April 1 (and no, not an April Fool’s joke).
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP)—Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is dropping a controversial effort to collect more than $400,000 in health-care reimbursement from a former employee who suffered brain damage in a traffic accident.
The world’s largest retailer said in a letter to the family of Deborah [...]
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