Archive for October, 2008
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Spirituality for Apocalyptic Times
Nearly 135 years ago, Mark Twain said, “October is a particularly dangerous month to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.”
The tenuous nature of speculation in the stock market is perhaps a metaphor for the tenuous nature of life itself. From unanticipated joy to […]
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
The Movie “Religulous” Denies the Ambiguous
I have long appreciated Bill Maher. He is a very funny and irreverent guy, two qualities I hold near and dear. I also have a soft spot for lampooners of religion. So I eagerly, expectantly took my seat with popcorn in hand to watch Maher’s sacrilegious movie, Religulous.
Maher’s frolics take him all over. He journeys, […]
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
The Path of Influence
Two women at Lake Street Church boosted my ego a few Sundays ago, telling me they’d heard I ought to have some wisdom for them. They asked what I thought they should do about family members who support John McCain.
“Wisdom?” I stammered, “I haven’t got a clue.”
Later, it occurred to me that I should have […]