Last night, about sixteen of us sang during a banquet honoring military personnel throughout the United States and Canada. We sang what our conductor called “cheesy” arrangements of “This Land Is Your Land”; “Flanders Field”; and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, along with the Canadian and American national anthems.
Growing up, I didn’t like cheese, unless it was part of a grilled cheese sandwich (called toasted cheese sandwich in Missouri). The word “cheese” was also associated with one of…..
I have always been a supporter of gay marriage since first becoming aware of the concept in the early 1990s.
At that time, I regularly listened to Dr. James Dobson’s conservative Christian program “Focus on the Family,” and my belief in the rights of gays to marry strengthened.
The Bible condemns those living the “gay lifestyle,” Dr. Dobson and his guests intoned. All people who are gay can become heterosexual, they argued.
But Dr. Dobson never defined what he meant…..
“Each of us has an idea of who Jesus Christ is, what he was like, some of his personality traits and more,” a colleague recently wrote to members of an on-line discussion list. “Would any of you care to share who Jesus is to you. What is his nature, and how does he express that to you?”
My first reaction was to run from the question. After all, Jesus is a mix of contradictions: god and man; and lamb and…..
About a week ago, the Leicester City Foxes clinched Britain soccer’s Premier League title, rising from the bottom of the league to champion in a year, defying 5000-to-1 odds. Understandably, ESPN Radio’s coverage of this rags-to-riches event was muted. While voicing dislike of soccer conveys an aura of contempt for the rest of the world, professional soccer has still not gained a true foothold in the United States sports scene, even after more than 45 years of effort.
However, the…..