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I must confess to being a Russell Crowe and a Christian Bale fan, as actors at least. I must also admit to loving well done westerns, and this is one. But on the other hand, most do overs turn out to be less good than the original, especially if it was a classic. As for…

Love comes in all sizes…. Your Friends will support you when you need aShoulder to lean on…. Friends are into understanding what you’re all about…. They see beyond the black and whiteTo discover your true colors…. They understand the way you are.Even when you just wake up in the morning So make your own kind…

The second book in my trilogy of small books on the ‘sacraments’ is on the Lord’s Supper. You will find the picture of the cover on the right. When I say small book, I do mean it– about 140 pages. What I have tried to do in this book, as I did in the baptism…

I’ve done stories with Laurie Goodstein before, and she is a good reporter. Her most recent story in yesterday’s NY Times is both disturbing and not really surprising in view of the shift in the Zeitgeist of our culture. Here is the link and header for the story. Prisons Purge Books on Faith From LibrariesBy…

I must confess that I enjoy Jeff Foxworthy and his kin. I once heard him at a United Methodist annual conference meeting where I was speaking, and he brought down the house with his “you might be a United Methodist if….” parody of his famous “you might be a redneck if…” routine. Jeff is a…

IOverweeningOverbearingJust pretendingNever caringBrash TalkTrash TalkCheap thrillsRaw dealsPure bravadoSo staccatoLiving largeNot in charge.LOUD WEAKNESS! IIOverwhelmingAlways daringJust authenticAlways caringCareful talkPrayerful talkWise walkReal DealLove in actionGaining tractionFull of graceThe master’s paceQuiet strength. 9/7/07 BW3

It is a rare thing when a work of a master writer shows up in print many many decades after all his significant work has long since been put into print. Having been less than overwhelmed by the previous efforts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s son Christopher to give us more from the Master of Middle Earth…

Reflecting on texts like Hebrews 10.1 “the Law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming– not the image/portrait (eikon)/ realities themselves” John Chrysostom (which means golden mouth), the greatest preacher and teacher of the Greek-speaking Fathers who commented on the NT in detail (mainly in Antioch and Constantinople–349-407 A.D.) has some…

It is not unusual to hear super star athletes give their testimony of how they have given their lives over to Jesus. But few of them have come immediately after pleading guilty to federal crimes. Today at his post plea agreement news conference Michael Vick stood up and took responsibility for all that went down,…
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