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Obviously, we must begin with drivers who think it is o.k. to use a hand held cell phone while driving, ignoring the traffic, ignoring the lights changing, ignoring the general need to get out of the way, then there is the tendency to drive too slow or swerve while messing with the phone, and I could go on.  If it were up to me, I’d have laws in every decent sized town and city banning hand-held cell phones. And if... Read more

This first in the series is quite literally about pets. Obviously, the number one pet peeve is animals who come into my yard, dump their load, and then their owners do not bother to clean up after them. This is not only dogs behaving badly, its owners of dogs behaving badly. Pet food that is ridiculously expensive, even more expensive than good human food.  This is simply wrong and way out of balance. People who unnecessarily take their animals where... Read more

RECENT QUERIES ABOUT THE MARYS One of the real problems in early Christian history was the tendency to blend people with similar or the same names together, as if they were all the same person.  We have this problem with assuming John Zebedee is the same person as John the elder who in turn is also the same person as John the seer who was in exile on Patmos.   In fact, there were at least two if not three different... Read more

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I am very pleased to announce my new website is up and running at www.benw3.com, carefully manned by my computer whiz son David.   You will find my schedule page, CV, lots of videos including youtube stuff, and much more.  Check it out….. Read more

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Posing with the authorities in Yalvac (aka Psidian Antioch), next to the Sergius Paulus inscription.   Something amazing happened when I last visited Psidian Antioch in July 2022.  As we had previously asked, sure enough, the curator of the museum had taken the Sergius Paulus inscription out of the courtyard and given it a safe spot within the small Yalvac museum.  But some ‘expert’ from Ankara has misidentified the inscription as being a sixth century Byzantine inscription about Paul the... Read more

Sunday morning’s silent At least it is at dawn Just a mere whisper Or a small bird song But later in the morning In spots throughout the land Sunday clears its throat And things get out of hand Then Sunday rings its bells Beseeching one and all That Sundays must be recognized Beyond the chapel walls. There’s singing, praying, preaching And reading from the Word Sometimes there is a message Which really should be heard And then at dusk come... Read more