Thoughts on Kissing

Beginning With A StoryA couple of high school sweethearts had been dating for a while. He was nervous and she was shy. That night sitting on the swing he decided to "boldly" make his move. "Can I kiss you goodnite?" She looked at him adoringly and simply gave him a big smile but said nothing. Not knowing how to interpret such language he thought maybe he said it badly. "MAY I kiss you goodnite?" Once again she dazzled him with her smile and...

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The Courage to Do the Right: Universityof Buffalo, A Bowl Game and Courage

The Courage to Do the RightIn 1958 a group of college football players at the University of Buffalo rejected a bid to play Florida St in the Tangerine Bowl because two African-American players on the team would not be allowed to play. Here is a video of the boys turned to men fifty years later. It is one of those many hidden victories for the kingdom of God. Watch this short video:It is often the youth that show us our blindness. Here is a longer article about these men of valor. The article is on ESPN.com called "All or Nothing." We still...

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Our Christian Nation? Christianity & The Founding Fathers

I share this post with a degree of hesitancy because many so are emotional to nearly the point of irrationality this subject. Any reasoned critique is seen as an attack.The origin of this post is the hundreds of emails I have received in the last week or so about the election of Barack Obama. Chain mails, forwards, email list ... all with one thing in common. Some of the most recent emails hail the the notion that we are not a "Christian Nation"...

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Old woman shoots MP40 Machine gun

This is hilarious!! Grandma with a MP40 (WW II German sub machine g...

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Here. There. Everywhere: Weekend Readings

Here, There. Everywhere: Weekend ReadingsHere are a collection of writings on the net that range from interesting to challenging and all points in between.Did you read of the Pastor's "Sex Challenge" to the married couples of his congregation. Find it hereIndia now joins the elite few of nations that have landed on the moon (here)OPEC thinks oil is getting to cheap (here)N. T. Wright's speech "Paul's Gospel and Caesar's Empire" bristles with insight into numerous Pauline texts (here) Maybe the gospel is political after all ...Walter Brueggemann's...

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Philip Jenkins, The Lost History of Christianity: A Review

Philip Jenkins, The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died (HarperOne, 2008)In the modern era, Christianity has been viewed as a “western” religion. And in particular it has been almost seen as European and now “American.” This has profound implications. Perhaps we are almost taken in this direction because of the Book of Acts traces, for theological purposes,...

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Beatles - Top Ten Non #1s

The Beatles - Top Ten Non #1sOk last Friday I posted a video and promised to list the best of the Beatles tunes that did not hit #1. This has proven to be a difficult exercise for me because there are so many songs that I like. The criteria was fairly simple: The song had to be performed by the Beatles and could not have have been included in 27 number 1 songs on the CD The Beatles 1. So I have collected my CDs, surfed YouTube, and jammed. One is struck by the breadth, development and (in my opinion) the quality of the music that in a few short...

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Beatles - Rain

The Beatles were innovators. One area was making a video for a song. "Rain" is one of my favs that did not reach #1 nor was it ever released but was the "B" side of Paperback Writer. In a few days I will be listing the "Best Beatles' Tunes" that did no reach #1. I have been struggling with this list for a few days because there is such a great and diverse body of work. Be thinking what your list would have for the Top Ten NON-#1 Beatles tunes. Happy Friday,Bobby...

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President Barack Obama

Thoughts on President Barack Obama: A Historic ElectionWell it is, thankfully, finally over! We can all collectively exhale at least for a couple of months before some one decides to start campaigning again. This election, regardless of political affiliation, has been historic. The major candidates for the Democratic Party were a woman, Hillary Clinton, and an African-American, Barak Obama. The Grand Old Party (Republican) broke great new ground...

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Van Halen - Crossing Over

A hard to come by track that would have been on Balance. I like the music. It is moving and reflective....

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