Was Jesus an “OUTLAW?” Did he act as a “RENEGADE?” Did “others” view him to be “UNCONVENTIONAL,” “REBELLIOUS” and dare we say, “RADICAL?” Some maybe even viewed him as being a “FUGITIVE.” I tell ya it is complicated…very complicated! It depends greatly on WHO you TALK TO. Some said he could do no wrong. Others, […]
“Hold your horses, don’t get too big for your britches,” was an “old time saying…” This weekend we are talking about “MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.” People that seemingly just “DO NOT FIT IN” or are somehow “seemingly DIFFERENT”…and so they are “ostracized…” I tell you…LEPERS are “a plenty.” Dependent upon WHO YOU ARE and WHERE YOU LIVE, […]
I learned a great deal about “SIZES” working at Breslauer’s Department Store 1236 East 53rd Street in Hyde Park (Chicago.) The OWNERS were the “neatest couple ever” Stevie and Gus BRESLAUER…they owned the department store since BEFORE the depression began. As a matter of fact, Stevie worked there until the age of 91, 68 years […]
What a great text! We’ve all heard it many times during our life time. It is almost proverbial. Yeah, it’s that GOOD! “They” want “MORE faith.” And of course, you KNOW who “they” are! “THEY” would be the 12 disciples. “They” want theirs SUPERSIZED. “They” want theirs INCREASED. Apparently, “they” are not satisfied with “what […]
Just some “curious random thoughts” here: Jesus is still addressing the Pharisees who were identified as being “lovers of money.” This story appears to be a WARNING..but to whom? With references to “Father Abraham,” “Moses” and to the “Prophets,” the “Jewish-ness” of this story is being underscored…and highlighted The RICH MAN is NOT named. Why? […]
Angel’s stories originally flowed from ANCIENT TRADITIONS. Angel and “angel stories” PRE DATE the OLDEST Hebrew texts in the BIBLE. The whole SUMERIAN culture who PRE DATE even the EGYPTIAN society, are the OLDEST ANCIENT CIVILIZATION who used winged humans in their carvings and in their statues. The SUMERIANS tell the “oldest known angel stories” […]
Some athletes, entertainers and CEOs receive “astronomical salaries,” as you well know… They take “all they can get” and use it for “their own personal interests and life styles”…and why wouldn’t they? They actually seem to set “an example” for our culture which spends so much “to entertain themselves” when countless millions in the world […]
A “Weird thing” started happening sometime around the 4th century. Chapters and Verses…were being added to the Scriptures – so that people could “find things” more readily. It was the MONKS who established these various “ARTIFICIAL Divisions.” The story of the “Prodigal Son” in chapter 15 was “FOREVER DISTANCED” from the Parable of the Unjust […]
My TV remote is missing. I know it will turn up. Usually I find them pushed down into the side of cushions, sitting on the back of the couch or somewhere in the kitchen. It will show up, eventually, I am not worried… Glasses, car keys, remotes…all pretty typical stuff to misplace…eventually “the stuff” shows […]
I am a softie…I really am. I cry at certain movies. I get a lump in my throat. My eyes “well up” sometimes. It happens more and more the older I get. I don’t necessarily like it, but it happens… This comes from “an old classic sermon illustration.” It is the story of “the prodigal […]