Shaken

I’m glad I don’t live in Southern California.  The place is also a bit nutty.  The cheese is sliding off their crackers.  The other day the earth moved under their feet but it wasn’t an earthquake.  And they are all wondering when the “big one” is going to come and break the state off so [...]

Weirdness

Dear faithful blog reader:  The world is going screwy. Just plain bizzaro.  
I just read a story about a funeral.  During the visitation a woman walked in to the church.  She went up to the closed casket did a little dance waving a wand around.  Then she opened the casket put her hand on the [...]

Has the Word “Sin” lost its meaning?

James Emory White is a pastor in Charlotte, NC and was former President of my seminary. I liked his take on this one…

“Whatever Became of Sin” Redux

In 1973, psychiatrist Karl Menninger published a book with the provocative title, Whatever Became of Sin? His point was that sociology and psychology tend to [...]

Anxious Times

Yesterday I learned a lot from another all day workshop: “Leadership in Anxious Times.”  Our leader was Peter Steinke, a church consultant.  He gave us a quick lesson on “family systems” theory and applied it to local churches.  I also learned quite a bit about how our brains are wired.
What did I learn?  People in [...]

Ads in them old comics

When is the last time you popped a “Black” Smith Brothers Cough Drop in your mouth?  They were “swell” and made your tongue black.  My favorite was the Wild Cherry flavor.  Ate ‘em like candy.  Now we reach for a Swiss made Ricola.
THE HISTORY: Smith Brothers Cough Drop packaging portrays one of the world’s most [...]

Oh, those 50’s…

I received the scanned photo below from a faithful blog reader – a menu from Woolworth department store.  Man, did that send me back like a spin in the Time Machine.  Remember those days?  Me and my friends were each given a dollar by our parents and sent off to play.  And we could get [...]

From the 50’s

From: Lileks

Give Thanks!

It is interesting to note that it wasn’t until we were at war, the Civil War to be exact, that our Thanksgiving holiday was officially recognized by Congress. It had started in the small Plymouth Colony in 1621 when the English Pilgrims feasted with members of the Wampanoag (Wam.pa.no.ag) Indians who brought gifts of food [...]

When You Lose A Job

Got the bad news yesterday.  Our daughter in the Twin Cities was “let go” along with others from her company. Came like a bad dream in the middle of the day.  She called home with the bad news.  Shocked because she was a good and faithful employee.  But restructuring and a new CEO made her [...]

I love the Internet!

I suppose I would read more books if it wasn’t for the Internet.  There isn’t much I like to watch on TV even if it has a gazillion channels.  So at night when I am home with no meetings, I surf the web.

Here’s a tip: Turn on PANDORA Radio.  I listen to radio stations I [...]