Posted by Michael F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is one of those rare books that can be enjoyed slowly just for the prose. It’s also brilliant storytelling, and the recently released film did a nice job of conveying the force of that story. There have been countless articles written on The Great Gatsby, all […]

Posted by Michael The oldest book of those collected in the Bible tells the story of a man named Job. Job was successful and had a large family that he adored. Job, we are told, was also a just and upright man.  It was said that he was “blameless”, and that he turned away from […]

Posted by Michael A guy named Paul helped start most of the churches in the first years after the death and resurrection of Jesus. He would check back in with the churches from time to time by letter to encourage them or help clear up something that was going on. At a church in Corinth, […]

Posted by Michael “One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.”                                                 -Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau fought against slavery and other issues that he saw as governmental abuses during the early to mid-1800’s. There were many issues during his life that were worthy of attention, which makes […]

Posted by Michael I have been listening to and reading Rob Bell for several years. I enjoy his gift for words and outside the box thinking. Bell has achieved that rare status in our culture of being deeply loved and deeply hated at the same time. I’m sure mobs with torches gather at their computers […]

Tony here: I have been discussing the state of the one hour drama on TV with Michael a lot lately. My contention is that right now may be the best time in the history of television for dramas. I have often heard that the early days of TV in the 1950s to early 60’s was […]

Posted by Michael Peace has never been easy, but it has constantly been a desire rooted in the hearts of nearly all people across all generations and cultures. Followers of Jesus who lived in Rome shortly after His death wrestled with this desire for peace. Peace seemed impossible as they lived and worked in the […]

Posted by Tony I accepted the challenge from Michael and immediately came up with a top 3. Then the next grouping was too large to narrow down to only 2 songs so I coerced Michael into expanding the list to 10. There were so many songs that I could justify being on the list so I […]

Posted by Michael When I have a few extra minutes in the morning I enjoy flipping channels between “Sportscenter” and “Imus In The Morning”.  I only relate that to note that Imus will typically ask the people that he interviews to list their five favorite songs. That set my ADD inhibited brain into motion, and […]

Posted by Michael There is a well-known story in the Bible about a man named Peter who was a close follower of Jesus. During the trial of Jesus just prior to his crucifixion, Peter, fearing for his life, denied even knowing him. This came after three years of close community with Jesus where he witnessed […]