We were in the security line waiting to submit our carryon luggage and bodies to the TSA screeners when I heard, “Yeh, you wouldn’t believe it, back of every election it’s just a struggle between various contingents of the demonic. Actually, it’s all clear if you just know how to de-cypher the universe. Did you …
Category Archives: The Good News
An Olympic Apocalypse
Last night I joined a billion others in watching the opening ceremonies of the 30th Olympic Games broadcast from London. My billion plus friends and I were treated to stunning sights, sounds, and sentiments. Together we were like a crowd no one could number easily or ever, joining those who were physically encircling the center …
What About the Poor?
Here are facts we must not ignore. Jesus explicitly calls the gospel: Good news to the poor (see Luke 4:18-19). He doesn’t say, “ … to the poor also,” as if the primary target is a larger group and he’s clarifying that “the poor” are not excluded. No, the gospel is to the poor period. …
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK
On the first day of the week we became Easter People. Our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things were made in the beginning, has initiated the new creation. Just as in the first beginning, Jesus completed the work—living among us, proclaiming Kingdom-come, casting out demons, healing the sick, mending the broken, confronting the powers …
WORSE AND BETTER!
At the end of 2011 we learned that things are worse than we thought. We thought that the economy would turn around but the evidence seems doubtful. Certainly in some respects things are better, but mostly for those who had the least to lose and who were the least worried. For the many others unemployment …