Toi is back home. She arrived safe and sound. She actually got up and went to work this morning. I hope she can stay awake after the time change and jet lag. Having her home provides a certain level of peace and serenity. Or, at least it will until our…
The Gnostics eschewed the physical. They believed that the “real” God was far above and untouched by His physical creation. In some ways, this attitude is perpetuated in modern mainstream Christianity. The trinity, for example, ensures that God is so different that we cannot relate to Him. Well, I actually…
[The dog ate my homework, but it wouldn’t stay down. :)] I love spaghetti. I love my wife. I love my child. I love my country. You know, the Greeks had different words for “love”, while English has one word with a vast number of synonyms. Love is often elevated…
I was impressed this morning by UCG’s Mike Bennett’s article, “By This All Will Know…” on the Forward to the Kingdom! blog. I honestly had a lot more to say on the subject, but my computer decided to lose the article I had written. I know that sounds like “the…
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. ~ Cicero, Pro Plancio, 54 B.C. Last Sabbath we got a good sermonette about thanksgiving. It certainly gave me something to think about. I heard on the radio yesterday a program talking about gratitude, and that…
Recently, David Ben-Ariel posted the article “Truth About Makeup”. I really mean he “posted” it and not “wrote” it, as it is a recycling job of one of Herbert W Armstrong’s (HWA) articles. Well, here is an interesting quote from that article: The English word "lipstick" is not used anywhere…
Not long ago, I reported on the new NIV being worked on, and about how it will replace the TNIV, which many considered somewhat controversial because of it’s “political correctness”. Well, it appears that the people over at Conservapedia are going to ensure all political correctness disappears from a new…
I almost didn’t comment on the MSNBC story “Official in interracial couple flap under fire”. After all, haven’t most of us moved beyond the whole antiquated notion that interracial marriage is a sin? If you think so, then you would be wrong. No, it appears that David Ben-Ariel wrote about…
It is a regular habit in our family to pray for peace and safety during our journey to and from the Feast as well as protection during it. You know what? We should be praying for that continually. Each week is a weekly feast called the Sabbath. We need to…
There are some very specific items I could take from the Feast, but I recently noticed that there are also some general items that all can learn from, no matter what Feast site they were with this year. There is a long dry spell between the Last Great Day and…