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WHERE CAN the shooter’s family and friends turn for support? I’ve been wondering this. Shooters, bombers, and other mega-killers leave behind family and friends who loved them in spite of the sickness or perhaps the darkness within them. If we’re a …
PICTURE GOD as he: sits on a cloud watches a shooter kill kindergarten children does nothing about it. Who wants to worship a god like that? Heck, who wants to give him a capital G? Anyone in heaven or on earth who has the power to stop the shooter …
IT WAS TOO MUCH FUN in an earlier blog tracking the quotes of TV’s Deputy Barney Fife with the Bible, looking for connections as well as push back. I thought I’d step it up a decade or two, looking for the same from Star Trek. Some interactions …
THERE ARE NOTHING BUT GUESSES about what exactly led the wise men to Bethlehem. Clues in the Bible: It pointed toward Israel. The star led them initially to the capital of the Jewish homeland, not to Bethlehem: “Some wise men from eastern lands …
IT STARTED with yesterday’s blog. I had mentioned jokingly that I’d have trouble with the Sermon on the Mount if Jesus had the squeaky voice of Deputy Barney Fife. Then an old friend of mine said Barney’s take on the Jesus line “Go and sin no …
WHY DO CHURCHES tend to have have a picture of European Jesus hanging on their walls? I got that question in an email yesterday. You know the picture. Reddish-brown hair. Stylish beard. White robe–with some copies showing him wearing a red …
I’M WRITING THIS on Saturday morning, for posting on Monday morning’s blog. At the moment, I’m strugging with prioritizing my to-do list. Vacuuming the house was the no-brainer for top of the list. That’s because my wife took …
HERE’S ONE OF THE REQUESTS I’ve gotten—over and over—from publishing colleagues: Write for Christian conservatives. They buy books. Throughout my writing career, spanning several decades, I’ve listened to that request phrased politely, …
I WAS SWEARING OFF the printed Bible. Going cold turkey as I headed to church to teach my Bible study class. It was an experiment this past Sunday. I had decided not to take my printed Bible or even my printed notes. I was going to teach a Bible …
I SPENT YESTERDAY IN HELL. That’s what I had to write about. It’s kinda like writing a travel piece about Bora-Bora, another place I’ve never been. At one point in the day I was absolutely surrounded by stacks of books. On my desk. …
I DON’T LIVE IN CALCUTTA. But there are helpless people within my reach. Some of them are kids. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream. When, in honor of Dr. King’s birthday, a Kansas City school asked its first-graders what their dream was, here …
A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT on Friday, I randomly selected names of 21 people who would win gifts. Top gift: Kindle Fire HD. Additional gifts: 20 free books. I chose the names from all four of my social media hangouts: Blog, Facebook, Twitter, and my …
