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             If 9/11 had happened fifty years ago, I wonder what the reaction of our country would be. Would we, eight years later, have given many of our civil rights up so that we can feel safe? Would Orwell’s vision of Big Brother be as active and present as it is in American today?  Would… Continue reading The Fear Trap

A few weeks ago I picked up the latest release from Delirious “Kingdom of Comfort”.  I was very interested in getting this album because of some information I had recently heard… Delirious was going into retirement.  The band that has given us such worship classics as ‘I Can Sing of your Love Forever’, ‘Can you… Continue reading It’s a New Day

The last few years have seen an explosion of what are called “social networking Internet sites”. They have allowed people to reconnect who haven’t seen each other in a long time; they have provided bulletin boards for high school and college reunions, become modern society’s photo albums and, in general, given the average person a… Continue reading Disconnected

A passage in Ephesians caught my attention recently. Paul wrote in Ephesians 1:18 that he “prayed that the eyes of our hearts would be enlightened to the hope of which He has called us, the riches of the glorious inheritance in the saints.” This passage is one I’ve frequently read and even underlined as a… Continue reading Welcome to the Land of Many Questions

In 1973 Steve Miller penned the song “Fly like an Eagle” and we all were put on notice that time keeps on slipping into the future. This classic song speaks of the many desires of a young man to make a difference, yet the reality is that good intentions are not enough to conquer the… Continue reading Time keeps on Slipping

Baseball’s minor leagues are littered with talented ball players who have peaked at this level and will never reach “the show”. They stand just inches away from the pinnacle of their sport, the fulfillment of their dream, and yet it might as well be a million miles away. Their ability to field their position or… Continue reading Hitting the Curve

            With the recent election of Al Franken to the Senate, for the first time in a long time one of the major political parties has gained what is called a “super majority”. This simply means that this one party now has the votes to block any parliamentary procedures which could stop or delay the… Continue reading Super Majority

I received an early morning call from my 16 year old daughter while she sat in an airport in Miami waiting for the flight that would soon deposit her in Guatemala. I could hear the excitement in her voice as she said her goodbyes and professed her love for her dad. As we hung up,… Continue reading Slipping Away

The news of the death of an icon is everywhere. Michael Jackson for some decades has seemed larger than life. A tragic character in a play that could never have a happy ending. Yet his passing leaves me sadly wondering how a life can go so wrong.   To most people the life that this… Continue reading Icon

This was a recent question from a member of my church. I hope my answer was right….     Yesterday I went to work and it was looking to be a very good day. I have a coworker who just came back to work in March after a very hard fight with cancer, everything was… Continue reading A Hard Question