SEEMS EVERYWHERE YOU TURN these days, you run into a free-floating rage. TV “news” has degenerated into a nonstop series of shoutfests, talking heads shrieking over each other to create utter cacophany. Road ragers pack heat and all too often, use it. It’s as if nearly everyone everywhere is ticked, angry, mad, and some other [...]
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6 Jul
The Tragic Power of One Wrong Choice
THE MUSEUM GUARD POLITELY held the door open for the old man approaching. But as the elderly gentleman arrived at the door, he pulled out a gun and shot the guard in the face at point-blank range.
James Von Brunn, now 88, seemed to have it all when a young man. The grandson of German immigrants, [...]
31 May
A Christian “New Ager”?
I’M A CHRISTIAN. BUT THAT doesn’t mean that I live in a peapod, all shut off from the world (see my past post on the Three Peas in a Pod). I truly believe that we can be both “in the world” and “not of the world”—and that too often we repeat the mistake of Old [...]
21 May
Blogroll, Anyone?
SINCE THE COUPLE OF YEARS that have elapsed following my launching of this blog, I’ve invested quite some time in assembling what—in the absence of any challenge to the contrary—I believe to be the largest Adventist blogroll on the Net.
Unfortunately, that’s time I no longer have to invest. So with this post, I’m inviting any [...]
16 Mar
Signs of the Times
ONE SURE THING ABOUT this sign: It’s original and startling enough to snag attention—and for a panhandler, that’s at least half the battle.
Some assorted thoughts about it:
It’s not really possible to hate someone who doesn’t exist—so there’s an Object to this fellow’s anger.
At least there’s no passive-aggression here. Mr. Panhandler, like King David on occasion, [...]
25 Feb
Looking Up to See Bottom
BLISS AND DEPRESSION. The mountaintops and the valleys. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.
At times in life, I’ve known such joy it’s as if I’ve overdosed on endorphins. At other times, I’ve felt really, really low. So low that, as I’ve told friends, I’d need to look up through a powerful telescope [...]
26 Jan
Space: Final Frontier…and Final Home
THE REMAINS OF “STAR TREK” CREATOR Gene Roddenberry and his wife, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, will be launched into space by Celestis Inc., a company that specializes in “memorial spaceflights.”
According to Celestis spokesperson Susan Schonfeld, the couple’s cremated remains will be sealed into specially made capsules designed to withstand the rigors of space travel. A rocket-launched [...]
22 Jan
The First Stone
ON ONE OF THE POLITICAL BLOGS I often read, one Majestic Pundit—one of those imperial Talking Heads who condescend to share their wisdom with the ignorant masses—posted about Chief Justice John Roberts’ flubbing of the inaugural oath.
“Roberts,” he groused, “should be impeached and removed from office for this unforgivable error.”
Unforgivable? Well, at the very least, [...]
30 Dec
No More Bears Under the Bed
RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, there it was. Newly minted sinner Adam’s first words: “I heard You in the garden, and I was afraid…”
One sure symptom of sin is FEAR.
When sin goes, fear will go with it. You can then, if you wish, scour every square acre of heaven and come up empty of fear. [...]
30 Oct
New Toy
WORDPRESS has come out with a new “widget” for doing a poll. So in the spirit of the current election, let me see if any of you who visit here might like to exercise your sovereign power of choice!
