Monthly Archives: February 2017

BLOG 2/28/17. A THROW-AWAY BLOG: MARDI GRAS While the rest of the country is obsessing with colorful and controversial politics and politicians, or with the results of the Academy Awards faux pas, or with some other insistent vicissitude that is … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/25/17. MUSLIMS: OBJECTS OF CHRIST’S LOVE? The diatribe against Islamic immigrants to this country, coming out of some in high places, and echoed by a whole set of politically vocal people in this country is disturbing to me. I … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/21/17. ANXIETY OVER DEATH … OR, REJOICING IN HOPE So, today is my birthday, and as difficult as it is to comprehend, it is my 89th birthday. That means that I’m standing at the threshold of my 90th year. … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/18/17. WHO NEEDS ANOTHER BOOK RECOMMENDATION? “Of the making of many books there is no end …” laments the ancient writer of Ecclesiastes, and so what I am about to blog here, you may want to dismiss by hastily … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/14/17. ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH: UNSUNG HEROES So, it’s Black History month, and we’ll read articles about the giants of our nation’s black community. I would like to tell you about one of my black heroes who became a … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/11/17. MAYBE THE CHURCH COULD LEARN FROM ‘HACKERS’ There is a whole, fascinating, innovative, increasingly influential reality emerging out there in the world of business, education, and many other realms, known as ‘hackers’. It is a fundamental rule to … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/7/17. RECLAIMING RIGHTEOUSNESS:  GOD’S WAY OF DOING THINGS. It’s high time we got serious, within the Christian community, about reclaiming our calling to be God’s agents of righteousness. I’m not talking about ‘self-righteousness’ by which people try to foist … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/4/17. EXCUSE: “BUT I’M ONLY A LAYMAN!” Somewhere in the DNA of a vast company of those who identify themselves as: followers of Jesus Christ, … is the devastating virus that renounces personal responsibility for the mission given to … Continue reading →