MODERNIZE Fifty years ago, we sang, "Give me the Old Time Religion." Change was in the works. The majority of us did not take change serious. Some leaders attempted change on a larger scale but soon learned that the people...
September 2010 Archives
PEACEMAKERS Thomas Hardy, Christmas, 1924 wrote: "Peace upon earth was said; we sing it and pay a million priests to bring it. After two thousand years of mass, we've got as far as poison gas." Since then we have had...
YOU OR WE Last Sunday I saw myself behind a pulpit and felt guilty over the use of "you" rather than the "we." My memory awakened to the past when I told the people, "you must repent, you must forgive,...
CLARITY President Obama's talks often begin with "Let me be clear." Then he adds, "My salvation depends on collective salvation." Instantly, different conclusions are drawn. Black liberation theologians see the distribution and equalization of wealth. The Glen Beck program with...
CONTEMPORARY We are living in a progressive nightmare. Every generation regarded itself as being progressive but none as much as ours has. For example, the Bible for centuries was accepted with minor changes. Today we have many versions with cultural...
TELEPATHY It is the transfer of thoughts between minds without the assistance of our normal sensory channels. There are people that pretend to read minds and predict pleasant results for a fee. Then there are people that predict events based...
THEOCRATIC I prefer to be theocratic to being atheistic. I just do not have enough faith to trust in nothing. I like believing in a Supreme Being that holds everything in His hands including little me. I like The One...
