People graduating from school often partake in a commencement ceremony. It is both a celebration of an accomplishment and a rite of passage. It is about endings and beginnings. It’s been a while since I’ve attended a college commencement. Things have changed, and not all for the better. There were…
They’ve found water on the moon. If you are in the camp, now out of fashion, that believes the moon broke off from the earth during the earth’s formation, then that actually shouldn’t be a big surprise. If you are not in that camp, then it would be a bigger…
Since I seem to be the last one in the universe to get the Journal, I just finished the last edition. It was sort of a doubled up edition. A “two fer” you might call it. I’ve been wondering what I would write based upon what was in it. There…
Can you take it with you when you die? Certainly, you cannot take money with you when you die, but Anthony Horvath argues in “Convert your temporal money into eternal blessings” that you can take something with you when you die. While obviously from a mainstream Christian perspective, it isn’t…
I grew up in a mostly dry county, and I remember the Sunday “blue laws” that restricted certain activities on Sunday. Certainly, no alcohol was to be sold on Sunday. Well, it seems that Germany is now enforcing their own Sunday laws. Der Spiegel Online reported that the German Constitutional…
I forgot to mention that the Christmas shopping season is officially here. No, it wasn’t the Thanksgiving Day Parade. No, it didn’t start on Black Friday. No, it wasn’t the lighting of the White House Christmas tree. No, it wasn’t any of those things. It was the first Chia Pet…
It looks like the military dictatorship in Myanmar wants to appear to be legal in their dealings with Aung San Suu Kyi. The Telegraph reported, “Burmese court to hear Aung San Suu Kyi appeal”. Of course, even if they hear the appeal, the likelihood of her being free in time…
I was prevented from posting very much yesterday, so this is a little late. Often, when WWII is thought of in the US, it seems a lot of attention goes to Germany, then some to Italy, but only occasionally to Japan. That’s odd when you consider that Japan’s attack on…
On the heels of last week’s series on the selfish pursuits of happiness and fulfillment, I want to point out Mike Bennett of UCG posted on Forward to the Kingdom! an article on “3 Bible Tips: Avoiding Materialism”. I think it dovetails in quite nicely. Technorati Tags: cog,church of god,bennette,forward…
I want to tidy up some loose ends on this pursuit of happiness bit. Without a doubt, the notion that we are here on earth to pursue our desires, our fulfillment, our … anything, actually… is centered on “I” and “me”. Christians are called instead to be Christ-centered. Christ had…