Monthly Archives: November 2009

Missed Opportunity (Again)

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

There are times one wonders what exactly people are thinking. Or rather, not thinking when it comes to how they are perceived by others. Christians have something of a dual perspective on such things. While one one hand they know … Continue reading →

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Class

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

Class: Former President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush made a private visit to Darnall Army Medical Center at Ft. Hood Friday evening. The former president and first lady visited with soldiers wounded in the incident on Thursday, as … Continue reading →

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This Time It’s Personal

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

It’s easy to view politics with a jaundiced eye, assuming little if anything done in Washington or elsewhere can possibly have that much effect on you and yours. Which is the way we want it, really. Most of us want … Continue reading →

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Some People Can’t Help Themselves, I Guess

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

I like the Foo Fighters’ music a lot. Last year I went to see them in concert for the first time, and left rather wishing I hadn’t. It wasn’t that the performance was lacking. Rather, it was how in-between songs … Continue reading →

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Defining The Conflict

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

Continuing from the most recent post: One of the standard lines used in most arguments about matters of philosophy and the political position derived from same is accusing the other side of having a “closed mind.” This implies an unyielding … Continue reading →

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What Do We See?

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

Continuing from the previous post: The honest believer’s life is, to those who observe it without understanding the reasons behind it, filled with contradictions. One is how the believer can and does preach a hardcore, unyielding message of either/or, one … Continue reading →

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Cleansing The Company

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

Continuing from the last post: The natural tendency when faced with evil is to react much in the same manner as oft demonstrated by Arthur and company in Monty Python And The Holy Grail when danger approached. Namely, charge feet … Continue reading →

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Confronting The Evil

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

Continuing from earlier: It is unfashionable in the extreme to speak of hellfire and damnation these days, for to do so forces us to stare into truth’s unblinking eye. It demands we confront the evil not only in the world … Continue reading →

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The Evil That Men Do

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

I’m fond of the saying “the Prince of Peace trumps politics every time.” Whether I came up with it or someone else did I honestly don’t know, and it’s not germane to the conversation. I like the phrase because I … Continue reading →

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