What? Blasphemy! He’s lost his mind! Satan has gotten to him! Why bother with Lent? How dare he! OK people, simmer down. Give a brother a moment to explain. If all Lent has become for you is not eating ice cream for forty days then I do say, why bother? … Continue reading
Author Archives: RT
Yeah, I’ talking to you.
If you have ever read a book, essay, short story, or historical article about another time or place, you have experienced authors’ ability to transport us to that venue, and if successful, draw you in as if they were speaking directly to you. I find it fascinating that the written … Continue reading
The Fever
As I write this, the Powerball jackpot for this Wednesday night was announced to be 1.3 billion dollars, or over 800 million in cash – crazy, stupid numbers. The odds are that there will be a winner this week, and a couple of things that came to mind. First, why such … Continue reading
Annual Christmas Rant
There is a popular saying that you hear this time of year, ‘Keep the Christ in Christmas’. To me, it is just one of those sayings that sounds right. It makes sense and is hard to argue against, like, ‘Do unto others as you would have done to you.’ Truth. … Continue reading
Three Sides to Every Story
Like you, I have been thinking about all of this horrible terror that has been occurring around the world. My first thought was how can there be such a dramatic difference in my understanding of God and that of the people committing these heinous atrocities. I mean there is only … Continue reading
Rendering unto Caesar
I found myself watching the latest Republican debate a couple of weeks ago. Once I got beyond the spectacle of it all, and all of the apparent agendas of both the moderators and the candidates, I was struck with one thing: these people are pretty smart! I mean to say … Continue reading
We are made worthy – Part Two
So here we are considering our own deck of index cards..the good, the bad and the ugly. If left at just that the news would likely not be very good for many of us. But I have to tell you I am of the strong opinion that one of the … Continue reading
We are not worthy (Part One)
Something came to me last week and then I got a message from brother Mark. It contained the parable below which some of you may have read before. But it was along the lines of what I was pondering so I thought that I would share it with you first … Continue reading