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By now anyone who knows baseball at all knows that Yankee stadium was rightly dubbed, ‘the house that Ruth built’. Indeed one could call it at its inception in 1923 the house built for Ruth, with that less than 300 feet distance down the right field line. George Hermann Ruth was of course a Red…

One Sunday morning the pastor noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names and small American flags. The six-year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up and stood beside the boy. “Pastor, what is…

O.K., so it wasn’t drugs that took Michael Phelps to the top, it was genetics, and that indominatable will. Kudos to Ross for this…..

Well Nation, in this time of jaundiced politics at least there is one Christian man speaking a prophetic word into our political malaise. I am referring of course to that good Carolinian (albeit South Carolina), Stephen Colbert. Unlike the Bill Cosby post, this one is actually by the attributed author, albeit, tongue firmly in cheek.

I am very pleased to announce that with help from a lot of you, offering suggestions and corrections, our first novel has hit the bookstands today. And boy do I have a deal for you. Oregon has no sales tax, and so my publisher Pickwick Press (owned by Wipf and Stock) has deep discounted the…

O.K. in the spirit of full disclosure and weighing all options, Bill Cosby has now decided to throw his hat in the ring in the Presidential race asa write-in candidate. Here is his platform. See what you think. (1) ‘Press 1 for English’ is immediately banned. English is the official language; speak it or wait…

Like a good rain on parched ground, a good analogy can bring an otherwise turgid discourse, sermon, lecture to life. On the other hand, a bad analogy can stick in one’s brain like a bad song, or a really bad smell or taste in one’s mouth. Here below are some analogies ‘attempted’ in high school…

I appreciate Ben’s Epilogue. As I read it, two things stood out immediately: One: I was quite impressed that Ben could craft a response in less than 7,000 words! 😉 Two: I don’t think the mug shot at the top of the Epilogue is a very good photo of Ben. He’s a bit better looking…

Its not just everyday you find a new musical sensation, such as a Christian ska band doing their best to look like Donny Osmond and company. Me personally I would have liked to see Devo or Bob Marley do a version of this, but instead we must settle for Sonseed. For sure, and totally to…

Sometime ago, my fellow Methodist Colin Morris from the U.K. wrote a wonderful little humorous book entitled Epistles to the Apostle, now long out of print, imagining what the letters written to Paul would have looked like, The following is a sample that could have prompted 1 Thessalonians. ———–My dear Paul, The followers of Jesus…
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