I’ve gotten behind on my reading lately, and today I came across an October 16 column from ESPN Insider Jerry Crasnick, an excellent writer. The article is from after game 3 of the ALCS, which the Red Sox lost 19-8 against the Yankees. Crasnick, along with everyone else in the world, wrote off […]

Red Sox GM Theo Epstein is exactly one month older than me. Born December 29, 1973. And he is the architect of the Red Sox team that came back from 0-3 against the Yankees in the ALCS and swept the Cardinals in the World Series. 8 straight wins against the teams with […]

Amazing. Southern Baptists have a four-year decline in baptisms, and what’s their response? A 20,000 mile bus tour by the denominational president and a year-long “Everyone Can” Kingdom Challenge for Evangelism with a stated goal of witnessing to, winning, and baptizing 1 million people.
I’m stunned how out of touch with reality this is. […]

This is depressing…
Tall people earn considerably more money throughout their lives than their shorter coworkers, with each inch adding about $789 a year in pay, according to a new study. “Height matters for career success,” said Timothy Judge, a University of Florida moanagement professor whose research will appear in the spring issue of the […]

As we fight, scratch, claw, bicker, argue, and yell hoping “our” candidate wins the election, these words of wisdom from today’s Bruderhof Daily Dig provide much-needed perspective:
A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them, “In every life there is a terrible fight – a fight between two wolves. One is evil: he is fear, […]

From Wayne Jacobsen by way of House Church Blog:
But don’t our children need church activities?
I’d suggest that what they need most is to be integrated into God’s life through relational fellowship with other believers. 92% of children who grow up in Sunday schools with all the puppets and high-powered entertainment, leave ‘church’ when they leave […]

So the Red Sox are up 3-0. This can end one of several ways:
- The Sox win tomorrow and pulverize any talk of the curse forevermore. They’ve won 7 straight since being down 4-3 in the 9th inning of ALCS Game 4, and completing the sweep tomorrow will end the curse with an […]