The comic above has a good point. Currently, there are people being killed in both Israel and the Gaza strip. Both sides have claims that have a certain justification for them. For Israel to exist, one has to say that Israel was justified in forcibly removing Arabs in order to begin a religious state. Since […]
Archives for July 2014
Memory and our past
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory. – Josh Billings Memory… is the diary that we all carry about with us. ~Oscar Wilde, “The Importance of Being Earnest” Memory is what informs us about our past. What we remember determines what we think about our past. But, our memories are […]
Of heroic leaders
O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain […]
Can people do good?
Can people do good? Can people be good? Those questions keep being asked in certain Evangelical camps, even though Scripture speaks of good acts and “god-fearing” people who are not yet part of the covenant. Why is this so? Well, it is a matter of definitions or–rather–playing with definitions. Let me say a couple of […]
High school class reunion
My wife and I are at my high school’s 45th class reunion. Yes, it has been 45 years since I graduated from high school in 1969. I am now a nearly bald, fat (oops, weight-challenged), happy grandfather. Back then, I was a confused 17 year old who probably should have waited a year or two […]
Encouraging photograph of new life
My wife and I are on vacation and visiting some relatives, my wife’s uncle and aunt. We really like them, and it has allowed us to see Ohio again for the first time in many years. We are also visiting other friends, for instance one of the pastors who officiated at our wedding, and the […]
Good news for Sudanese woman
July 24, 2014: Meriam Ibrahim disembarks with her children Maya, in her arms, and Martin, accompanied by Italian deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, after landing at Ciampino’s military airport on the outskirts of Rome. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca) Some good news arrived today on the international front. As many of you are aware, there is […]
Texas community bans immigrant processing and shelter
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player League City, Texas, recently banned the processing or housing of any refugees within their boundaries. There is a humanitarian crisis going on in our border region. The United Nations has now classified this as a refugee crisis. No country likes having a refugee crisis on their border. The difference is […]
War is full of moral dilemmas
The comic above is trying to establish a moral equivalency between Hamas and Israel on the subject of the current round of bombings. It is a mistaken equivalency. If I were to draw a moral equivalency, I would do it on different reasons. However, discussing anything having to do with Israel and Hamas immediately triggers […]
Biting my lip hard
The cartoon above makes me bite my lips real hard. The cartoonist caught just what some people think about the trend in some churches to turn the worship service into a coffee shop atmosphere with some talking. While the term “seeker sensitive” is not as much of a buzz-word as it used to be, the […]
