While watching a part of a political debate recently, I saw a commercial for the Freedom From Religion Foundation. I hope that you will notice the preposition in the organization’s name.  It is from, not of. What caught my attention was a picture of the top portion of a penny.   As you can see, instead of the usual phrase we are used to seeing, this one cent piece had this phrase: IN REASON WE TRUST I suppose that the intended message is that we must make a choice. We can either trust God or we can trust reason. Apparently, according to the organization that hopes to free us from religion, this…

Millions have been ordered from various vendors like Amazon. Most of the stores are sold out. If you order them online they “might” be delivered in May. And then there is the whole discussion about which ones will actually protect you from the virus. Some say you should wear a mask when you are out in public for protection, while others say that only those infected with the virus should wear a mask. To wear or not to wear…that is the question. Of course, I’m talking about wearing masks to avoid contracting a virus that could be potentially life-threatening. Please don’t think that I’m taking the subject lightly or trying to…

I don’t know about you but I hate going to the doctor. First of all, I don’t like being poked and prodded. Secondly, I don’t like taking up half of the day traveling to the location, waiting in the lobby, waiting in the room, and then finally spending what seems like 3 minutes of the last 4 hours getting some help. Did I mention the germs and coughs and the war zone atmosphere of the waiting area? If you weren’t already sick you always think that you need to put on a gas mask or bathe in acid or antibacterial fluids once you have been exposed to all of that.…

Sometime ago, I became aware of a book with an intriguing title. It is also, at least to me, a somewhat confusing title. I think that it was, in some measure, designed to be that way in order to “grab” the attention of the prospective reader.   The title of the book is Reading the Bible Again For the First Time. If something is done again, how can it be the case that it can also be done for the first time?  Apparently, this catchy title is intended to encourage people to read the Bible from an entirely new perspective. We are to read it as though we are reading it for the first…

In 1957, a student at North Canton Middle School in Ohio laid down a purse. How or why it was done, there is no way to know now. But the purse was put between a small gap between a set of lockers and a wall in the hallway of the school. So far, the story is boring. A purse was set down, like so many others. What makes the story interesting is that the purse was picked up. Last month. January of 2020. A janitor was replacing a piece of stripping between the lockers and wall just last month when he saw a purse in the small gap. It was…

Imagine that you were a person in the world who knew nothing about God or Jesus or the Bible. But you had an inclination towards belief in God and you wanted to know more and you understood that religious institutions existed for a reason and perhaps they could help. So you decide to visit a local church. How do you even begin to know if you are in the right place? It seems that all churches should exist for the same reason. And you would expect to receive some direction from the people who attend there. When you arrived you would want to feel welcomed. You would want people to…