God etched 10 Commandments on stone some 3500 years ago for all mankind to live by. The 4th of these universal Commands reads, “Honor the Sabbath Day to keep it holy.” But nestled within its protracted explanation, God speaks a word about our labor, what we do for a living in order to pay our … [Read more…]
This Sunday’s Guest Preacher: Rich Demeter The troubled woman had a long history of broken relationships: Five failed marriages and a current relationship too weak for commitment. Think of the angry, hateful words she must have heard. Think of the rejection and abandonment she probably went through. Each failure pulled her farther down, until maybe … [Read more…]
A Greek philosopher once asked his servant to prepare the best possible dish ever. So the servant whipped up a platter of tongue and served his master explaining, “It is the best of all dishes because with it, you may bless and communicate happiness, dispel sorrow, remove despair, cheer the fainthearted, inspire the discouraged and … [Read more…]
I can’t imagine there’s too many red-blooded Americans who haven’t seen the 1939 movie classic, “Wizard of Oz.” It’s memorable on so many levels: a masterpiece in early cinematography, esp. with its burst of Technicolor when Dorothy touches down in Munchkinland; the Oscar-winning performance by Judy Garland for her song, “Over the Rainbow”; all the … [Read more…]
Some of you may be familiar with Watter’s World, a segment of the O’Reilly Factor, telecast weeknights on the Fox News Channel. The sole reporter, Jesse Watters, poses some pretty shallow questions about life, liberty and the pursuit of asininity here in the good ole US of A. He approaches the average passerby on the … [Read more…]
