Is it just me or does the US presidential election seem nastier than usual? The interesting thing, or disturbing thing, or sad thing, use your own adjective, is that both Candidates would say they were at least brought up in the Christian tradition. When asked about her faith Mrs. Clinton responded with a trinity of…
All Fixed
--> Apparently you can correct some of your youthful indiscretions. I recently read about a new trend in plastic surgery; earlobe reconstruction, really . . . earlobe reconstruction.One plastic surgeon says that he has been doing four or five of the one hour procedures a month, and it seems to be gaining popularity. It is…
#castthefirststone
Have you ever had a song or a part of a song stuck in your head? You know like, . . . “Mahna Manhna.” You’re welcome. Back in the early eighties I heard a song once, only once as far as I can remember. It was in the kitchen of our family home on Golden…
#alloftheworld
Do you remember when your kids were teens and you would leave them at home alone, maybe for an hour or a weekend? If so then you know that the most important thing that you wanted them to remember were your last words. “I love you, remember your homework”, “I love you don’t forget to…
Gone. . .
For twenty years he was right there and she didn’t have a clue. Two decades ago Rita Wolfensohn’s life changed when her 29 year old son Louis moved out of the family home. From that point on mother and son had no contact with each other. That changed last month when the legally blind, elderly…
Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys
It was almost like they had had been two different debates. The first where Donald Trump was the victor and the second where Hillary Clinton emerged victorious.I didn’t watch the presidential election debate on Monday but others did. At least I thought so. The first story I read on Tuesday told me that Hillary was…
God Loves Our Worship
In all my years of ministry I haven’t found anything that can make church people as cranky as the music. Seriously. Thom Ranier a church growth and health consultant wrote “The comment ‘someone complained about the music at my church’ is a universal phenomenon of our age.” If you’ve been with us over the past…
The Trouble with Trouples
It was a term I had never heard before, I understood the “Trouble with Tribbles” but what was this “Trouble with Trouples”? I came across an article the other day talking about trouples and I discovered that it is a term for a polyamorous unit made up of three individuals. It could be any combination…
God Loves Children
It was just about this time of year 22 years ago. We had just moved to Bedford to start what would eventually become Cornerstone and I had to fly to Colorado to attend what was called “Church Planters Boot Camp”, an intensive week long training session that included men and women from around North America.…
Oops!
She had obviously never heard the old proverb “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” Of if she heard it she wasn’t paying attention, because it appears she wanted her revenge to be hot.I read an article this week about a Florida woman who set her ex-boyfriend’s car on fire, presumably in retribution for something…