The story is told that a man once encountered Abraham Lincoln walking down the street with his two young sons and both boys were howling. "What's wrong with the boys Abe?" the man asked. "What's wrong with the boys is what's wrong with the world" Lincoln responded "I have three chestnuts and they both want…
The More the Merrier?
I don't want to say, "I told you so. . .but!" Recently at a national convention, a committee of the Green Party of Canada, voted to send a motion to the full party for it to be debated and voted on. The motion will call for the decriminalization of . . . you waiting for…
7 The Kingdom of Heaven is like Wheat and Weeds
When I was in High School we did the musical "The Music Man" and in that play is the line by the lead character Professor Harold Hill, the Music Man himself, "what we have here is trouble, trouble right here in River City." In the musical Hill tells the people the trouble "starts with a…
It's what I said but it's not what I meant. Don't you hate it when someone deliberately misrepresents your words? I googled my name the other day. I know, I know I'm so vain. Actually I do it occasionally to see who is quoting me in their sermon,. I know, I know, I'm so vain. …
The Kingdom of Heaven is Like Yeast
For seven of the eight parables that Jesus began with the line "The Kingdom of Heaven, or the Kingdom of God is like. . ." he used everyday events that were happening around those he was teaching, outside, but in one instance he took them out of the fields and vineyards, away from the sea…