Little Johnny was learning in Bible class about sin, prayer and forgiveness. When the teacher finished the lesson, she asked, “What do we have to do before we ask the Lord for forgiveness?” Little Johnny raised his hand. No one else raised their hand, so the teacher reluctantly called on…
A hard to write article about a hard subject: #SuicideIsNotPainless. REFRAIN: that suicide is painless it brings on many changes and I can take or leave it if I please. … The game of life is hard to play I’m gonna lose it anyway The losing card I’ll someday…
Should a Map With North on the Top Offend You? It Is Racist and Imperialistic, Don’t You Know? [Updated: 1 March 2014, added quote from Seth Godin that was missed first time around] Explorers’ Monument in Fremantle, Western Australia THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY PEOPLE WHO FOUND THE MONUMENT BEFORE…
“The English ask pardon of Aurangzeb, whom they have offended” Picture published 1780 4 And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised…
43You have heard people say, "Love your neighbors and hate your enemies." 44But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you. 45Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And he…
Well, today is supposed to be a day about “love”, but is it really? Dr Bob Thiel (aka, COGWriter) recently wrote about the “Pagan Origins of Valentine’s Day” and today responds to a Christianity Today article on the topic in “CT: Worldly ‘Christianity’ and Valentine’s Day”. Not only should we…
Those who are familiar with the origins of the ICG and the CGI, will remember that this church was born in pain. There were some 554 of us who attended the first CGI Feast of Tabernacles in 1978, and virtually all of us who attended had suffered through disfellowshipment from…
I have written about people who have been hurt by the Church. I have written somewhat about what lessons the Church should learn from these incidents. However, that is just one side of the coin. As they say, “It takes two to tango.” I was thinking about some of these…