“How Can You Stand Next To The Truth And Not See It?”

Here we go. Again.

Another ethics complaint against Sarah Palin. This one is so flippin’ ludicrous it goes beyond the pale into the positively translucent. The accusation? She used her position as Governor to raise money…

… for a legal defense fund on her behalf so she could pay the bills incurred by bogus ethics complaints.

Ah, but this . . . → Read More: “How Can You Stand Next To The Truth And Not See It?”

You Didn’t Learn That From Mickey Mouse, Now Did You

Earlier today, I was taking a breather from the day job by spending a moment on Facebook.

One of the people on my friends list there is Ron Lemaster Jr. He’s a sportswriter focusing on NASCAR for assorted publications.

As people are wont to do on Facebook, Mr. Lemaster had taken some online polls, the results of which . . . → Read More: You Didn’t Learn That From Mickey Mouse, Now Did You

And How’s Your Monday Going?

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Good Luck, You’ll Need It

You’re familiar with the early morning stares, right? That mental fog when you’re somewhere in-between awake and asleep, trying to put the upcoming day’s anticipated events in order while waiting for the first cup of coffee to kick in? Well, at times the news can have the same effect as you sit there stunned, saying to . . . → Read More: Good Luck, You’ll Need It

“Sort of makes you want to treat me with more respect, doesn’t it?”

I can’t find the exact Peanuts comic strip online, but there is one in which Charlie Brown remonstrates with Patty calling Pigpen a mess by musing about how he could be carrying the soil of ancient civilizations. Pigpen responds to it all by saying to Patty, “Sort of makes you want to treat me with more . . . → Read More: “Sort of makes you want to treat me with more respect, doesn’t it?”

Parrots Vs. The Prince Of Peace

Okay, “tomorrow” turned into three days later. My bad.

Anyway, picking up where I left off…

The fundamental question – the only question – in our lives beyond mere existence on this planet that matters is who do we think Jesus is. Everything else descends from this. And as mentioned last time, everything else is negotiable. Who Jesus . . . → Read More: Parrots Vs. The Prince Of Peace

Terry Taylor And His Musical Journey

Column for the Examiner is up, this time taking a look at Terry Taylor’s remarkable achievements in Christian music and lamenting he had to move to southern California to accomplish same. Give it a gander, . . . → Read More: Terry Taylor And His Musical Journey

Thank You

Dan Collins, who writes the most excellent Piece of Work in Progress blog, has been kind enough to run a précis of God’s Not Dead (And Neither Are We) there. Thank . . . → Read More: Thank You

Discussing The Heritage

Short but sweet column for the Examiner tonight, talking about the contemporary Christian heritage of the East Bay and the San Francisco Bay area in general. Tomorrow I’ll expand on the theme by looking at the work Terry Taylor did up here before moving to SoCal and eventually starting . . . → Read More: Discussing The Heritage

“What Think Ye…”

“… of the Christ?“

In contemporary English, “What do you think about the Christ?“

When Jesus asked the Pharisees this question, it was shortly before His crucifixion. The Pharisees, who were the religious rulers of the day, were throwing everything they had at Him trying to find some weakness, some flaw they could exploit in order to discredit . . . → Read More: “What Think Ye…”