This is election week. Elected positions and people that you forgot existed show up on ballots. Soil and Water Management? We end up doing research, trying to figure out who is the best vote. Or perhaps we vote by party line. Or perhaps we bubble in the name that we think sounds the nicest. When…
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His profile picture changed to a doctored photo of a billboard that announced “Excellent Crypto Trades”. Not that a pastor friend of mine couldn’t be getting into mining doge coin, it just seems unlikely. Not only that, but dangerous. Perhaps reckless. The message I sent: “Did you get hacked?” How often does God send us…
Every now and then I get questions about celebrating Halloween as a Christian. There are certainly things that present problems for a Christian on Halloween. One of those is the presence of imagery and costumes that seem anti-Christian. I remember showing up for a Halloween party where a guy had an inverted pentagram and “666”…
Brother Andrew was born in Denmark in 1928. Brother Andrew soon grew up and in around the 1940’s he joined the Danish army and left for Indonesia as a part of a force that was trying to maintain Dutch colonial rule in the country. While in Indonesia, Brother Andrew was disillusioned by war. He had…
Ashley Garner knew it was too late. She had lost her wedding ring in the yard as her family was putting the final touches on the outside preparations for Hurricane Ian that was barreling down on their Ft. Myers home. They looked and looked, but pretty soon it was time to go inside and hunker…
Scott Andrusz is famous in certain circles. You don’t know Scott? Well, then you don’t run in his circles. You don’t find what he does to be important. But to many people, he is important. Scott is important because he did something crazy and quirky. Because he did something different and a little weird. Scott…
Somebody recently asked me if I knew what “Hi-Fi” stood for. I quickly answered, “high fidelity.” If you haven’t heard the term, it relates to the pursuit of “purer sound” in audio recording and playback – something with less noise and interference, something closer to what it is like to being in the same room…
This Bible study looks at the Biblical foundations and the operations of Christian churches, including those who serve the church as pastors and other church workers. Week 1 – Foundations – 1 Church and Ministry Foundations Week 2 – Pastors – 2 Church and Ministry Pastors Week 3 – Pastors Redux – 3 Church and…
LaQuedra Edwards gave herself a $40 “lottery allowance” that she could spend on lottery tickets. When she went to the grocery store to spend her allowance, “some rude person” bumped into her, causing her to hit a different button than what she meant to. The result was purchasing a $30 lottery ticket instead of the…
Is the world speeding up? In some ways, we would say that the question is preposterous. The Earth continues to spin on its axis at the speed of 460 meters per second (at the equator). But perhaps the speed of the earth is a bigger question than how fast we are spinning or going around…