“It’s a stick-out”, that’s what my wife and I say to one another whenever one of us (usually me….okay, always me) is trying to sound smarter than we really are. I’m thinking of that card when I read 1 John… Continue Reading
“Doubt acts as a sparring partner both to truth and error. It keeps faith trim and helps to shed the paunchiness of false ideas. Like a terrier, doubt worries at weak ideas until they escape reinvigorated or collapse exhausted. It… Continue Reading
It was the first SNL after the 9/11 attacks. It started on a somber tone. How would a show, which was live from New York and built on satire on humor—respond in the midst of a national tragedy. Lorne Michaels… Continue Reading
Herod’s temple was glorious. Built from quarried stones and spanning some 1600 feet the Western wall of Herod’s temple is still standing to this day. It was his crowning achievement. In the time of Jesus, Jewish people from all over… Continue Reading