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2006 IS DYING, IS DYING - Saturday, December 30th 2006 6:37 PM
We have come to the end of another year. It is dying and preparing to take it's place in history, and in it's last week some significant deaths have broken through the headlines...
FOR NOW, IT'S JUST GOOD-NIGHT - Thursday, December 28th 2006 11:44 PM
I received the call at about 12:10 a.m. Christmas morning. We're all familiar with the call. Modern day etiquette suggests various times are appropriate for various types of...
"PASTOR FOR THE DAY" FOR DECEMBER, 2006 - Saturday, December 23rd 2006 4:34 PM
Because Sunday is Christmas Eve, and Monday is Christmas, I am breaking with tradition about posting my PFTD devotion online the same day I am the PFTD -- because I am PFTD on...
IT'S NOT EASY BEING POOR - Tuesday, December 19th 2006 9:40 PM
The Bible has some interesting things to say about being poor. Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -- This is the first NT...
AN ECCLECTIC CHANGE OF PLANS AND ENTRIES - Saturday, December 16th 2006 3:15 PM
On tap: A little emptying of my mind -- what little there is, and not even to spare! -- and a little pouring out of my heart. Well, perhaps more than just a little, and too much...
DID YOU EVEN HAVE A CLUE WHAT A GUY HE WAS? - Thursday, December 14th 2006 1:30 PM
Some of you may think I am overstating the case or just plain wrong in my estimation that The Don is still the right man for the job, and besides, what place have I to decry the...
WHAT IN THE WORLD... - Tuesday, December 12th 2006 9:13 PM
So, Pastor Tim? What in the world were you thinking? What does Secretary Rumsfeld's "resignation" and the bi-partisan "Iraq Study Group Report" have to do with somewhat obscure...
DOES ANYONE EVEN GIVE A VILLANELLE THESE DAYS? - Monday, December 11th 2006 3:43 PM
I haven't made a many journal entries this month, but I have been doing some reading and thinking. I hope the next few posts will be evident fruit of this fact. Today, we'll...
DEC. 7, 1941, A DAY THAT SHALL LIVE IN INFAMY - Thursday, December 7th 2006 4:06 PM
Some of you might be wondering where have I been? Well, I haven't been hibernating, but I have had some things I have had to attend to which have kept me offline. In coming...
THE STUPID AND THE TRUTH IN THE NEWS - Saturday, December 2nd 2006 3:40 PM
I've been collecting some news stories lately, and I'd like to point out some of what seems downright stupid to me, as well as what the truth is in contrast, in each of these...
NOVEMBER STATS, WITH MY THANKS - Friday, December 1st 2006 4:20 PM
It's hard to believe another month has gone by, and we continue to edge closer to 2007. And so here I am again, wanting to stop and take stock of the hits for the previous 30...
"THAT'LL COST YOU AN ARM & A LEG!" - Thursday, November 30th 2006 11:26 AM
One of our local sports radio stations has a local origination show, "Bud and the Manchild." Here's how their web site describes the show:  Now a staple of afternoon drive...
JUST SHUT UP - Tuesday, November 28th 2006 11:19 AM
I like sports. I'm a guy. Big surprise. And I like radio. So I listen to sports radio. I like "Mike and Mike in the Morning" on ESPNRadio. Opinionated, but balanced and good,...
"PASTOR FOR THE DAY" FOR NOVEMBER, 2006 - Monday, November 27th 2006 3:33 PM
Today the fourth Monday of the month, the day each month I am privileged to be the "Pastor for the Day" on the Mars Hill (Radio) Network. This means the network airs a brief...
KNOWING GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE - Friday, November 24th 2006 4:13 PM
The following is adapted from a sermon I preached at Colosse Baptist Church on Aug. 20, 2006. It is posted as a way of responded to an oft-repeated request I receive, "Pastor,...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2006 - Thursday, November 23rd 2006 3:22 PM
I suppose every family has their own Thanksgiving traditions, but I hope Christian families make sure we are thankful to our Lord and Saviour first of all, and most of all. Of...
"MEN vs. PRAISE AND WORSHIP" - Tuesday, November 21st 2006 9:06 PM
I think I've said it before -- I don't like to reinvent the wheel. When someone else has written something good on a subject, while it may not exhaust the subject at hand, still...
"EVANGELISTIC SERVICES" ? - Monday, November 20th 2006 4:34 PM
I have some pastor friends I've never met. Sound funny? Well, I have developed some friendly relationships with some pastors all over the world through various email lists I am...
GONE? WHERE? - Saturday, November 18th 2006 3:30 PM
This past Sunday, about 6 a.m., my wife's aunt passed away. I touched upon this subject some in my Nov. 4 journal entry, to wit: My wife's aunt is dying. We half expected her...
FALLOUT SHELTER - Monday, November 13th 2006 7:47 PM
It's been about a week since the total humiliation of the Republican repudiation at the polls, and the political fallout has been heavy, and somewhat predictable. Let's examine...
VETERAN'S DAY, 2006 - Saturday, November 11th 2006 7:03 AM
I'd like to honor our vets today -- I count my father and two of my brothers among that number -- in a similar way that the Northeast Kansas Korean War Memorial Association did,...
DO DREAMS HAVE MEANING? - Friday, November 10th 2006 11:43 AM
If you believe they do, then perhaps you can help me figure out this doozy, from yesterday. I will admit I didn't get a normal amount of sleep, and I had been meditating on the...
"I'LL TAKE A BLOOD BATH FOR $200 GAZILLION, ALEX..." - Thursday, November 9th 2006 3:00 AM
So, what, if any, are some of the lessons Tuesday's Republican massacre might suggest ? And what other ruminations might be extrapolated out of this year's mid-terms and my own...
SPORTS SHORTS - Monday, November 6th 2006 12:22 PM
Some random thoughts on some of this past week's sports. Hey, if you think my comments stink, then I guess it's aptly named! And, no, just like a recent "Monday Morning Musings"...
"HE SAW THE LIGHT" - Saturday, November 4th 2006 11:59 PM
Some very random thoughts and quotes on "death," in no particular order. None of these are of necessity subscribed to by the management of this blog: Advice after injury is...