CMar posted his visceral thoughts about losing his boyhood dog Savannah, who was hit by a car. I commented briefly on his post at his site and haven’t been able to shake my thoughts about Chris and Savannah. I’ve been thinking about my boyhood dog Rusty (best Collie mutt there ever was) and […]

The Donald chose Bill as his Apprentice. Probably a good choice. Gretchen and I were torn and really thought either Bill or Kwame would be a good choice. Bill’s primary flaw was a lack of composure under pressure, and Kwame’s primary flaw was being a little too laid-back and letting Omarosa walk […]

I really like the idea of the Power 10 and Bottom 5 (each determined by the votes of 10 writers and editors on ESPN.com’s baseball staff), but this week’s results are ridiculous. Week 1’s poll, published just before Opening Day, showed the Reds 19th overall and Tigers 24th overall. Can’t argue with either […]

Reds owner Carl Lindner probably had this assessment of the Reds’ 2003 season and current situation:
We opened a new stadium and lost 93 games. We sold off all our best players. We fired our manager and general manager. We played the last 2 months of the season with a minor league […]

I’m not crazy about their tag line “#1 Christian Porn Site”, but I do love XXXChurch.com. Too few Christians are willing to tackle unconfortable or controversial topics in a way that will really help people who are trapped in sin, and XXXChurch.com seems like it has the right tone to really be helpful to […]

The following is from Soulfarers Online:
My friend, Winn Griffin (www.sbl.org) relayed this great story with my doctoral cohort. It’s worth a read!
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I had taught an “all day” NT seminar in Bakersfield, CA. On our way out of town Donna and I stopped to eat. I was tired. I had just completed eight hours […]

Christianity Today quotes Annie Dillard:
“Does anyone have the foggiest idea of what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches are children playing on the floor with their chemistry sets, mixing up a batch of TNT to kill a Sunday morning. It […]