Who is this Man:  Good Friday Who is this man?  As the crowd roared, the question was asked by many; who is he? What has he done?  What will he do?  To some it was important to others it was secondary, after all the religious leaders had spoken and now this man stood before them. …

The Doctor is In I don’t know if Lucy is anyone’s favorite character in the Peanut’s universe.  But the reality is that we all either know a Lucy or are a Lucy and if you are a Lucy there is really no way to see that as complimentary.  Lucy is not a nice person, she…

My favorite character in the Peanuts world has to be Snoopy and as a kid I couldn’t understand why the strip wasn’t called “Snoopy” instead of “Peanuts”, I assumed that he was the main character and the rest of the cast were just supporting actors. And we all have favorite Snoopy moments and characters.  Perhaps…

When I think of Charlie Brown one of two images immediately comes to mind.  And maybe it’s the same with you.  It’s either the scene of Charlie Brown staring forlornly into the tree that has once again eaten his kite or it’s Charlie Brown lying flat on his back after Lucy has pulled the football…

How many of you grew up with “Peanuts”?  Not the ground nuts that people are allergic to but Charlie Brown and his crew?  From as far back as I can remember Charlie Brown has been a part of my life, when I was a kid a part of our Christmas traditions was to watch A…

They couldn’t believe their eyes.  The altar had been torn down! The altar, the very core of their spiritual life and spiritual heritage and now it was just rubble.  They had never actually seen the Temple or the altar it housed themselves, but they had heard the stories and their parents and grandparents delighted in…

She was a successful business woman,  actually she was a successful business owner and that was virtually unheard of in the time and society she lived in. Remember this was 2000 years ago in a culture that was slightly male centered; actually it was very male centered. Females weren’t exactly chattel but they weren’t exactly…

Leaving Childish things 2 Rev. Denn Guptill His name was Mickey Cohen.  And he was a crook.  And not just a little crook either, Mickey Cohen was the top man in the Los Angeles underworld during the forties and fifties.  He had his finger into everything: gambling, extortion and prostitution.  At his word heads were…

If I were to mention 1 Corinthians 13 to most of you, it would be recognized as the “Love Chapter”  and that is true.  The main part of the chapter is about love and we hear it preached on and read at weddings, in particular the section between  1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient and…

Miracle on 34th Street The Miracles of Christmas If nothing else I am expanding my movie repertoire, I hadn’t seen any of these movies prior to starting this series. I had seen bits and pieces but never the entire movie.    Miracle on 34th Street begins at the Macy Thanksgiving day parade when an Older bearded…