Boredom has been described as one of the major spiritual problems of our time. The hyper-stimulation that comes from our technology and our constant-entertainment mentality actually makes us more bored, since we become jaded and weary of it all, as stimulation eventually fails to stimulate.
Since retiring to a small Oklahoma town, such as the one I grew up in, I’ve been interested in the fate of small town rural America. Why is it that once-prosperous communities–where we live now used to have 4 movie theaters, a barber shop on
The true sign of the Resurrection is not the Empty Tomb, as we often say. Rather, it is the Risen Christ. That’s the point our pastor, Rev. Ned Moerbe, made in his sermon yesterday, on the Second Sunday of Easter. In the gospels, the empty
President Trump recently slapped $50 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese goods. Whereupon China slapped $50 billion worth of tariffs on American goods. So now President Trump is imposing an additional $100 billion worth of tariffs against China. So China says that it will respond in kind. This
One of the most famous religious paintings is Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” (1495-1498). I came across a fascinating article on the painting that attends to the details of how each figure is portrayed, showing the different reactions to Christ at the moment Jesus
It is now technologically possible for a government to monitor and control its citizens as never before. Now China is going to take advantage of that capability. The still-Communist country is in the process of implementing a “social credit system” that will give points for
We leave Australia early Thursday morning for our 17 hour flight back to the U.S.A. (That doesn’t count our connections from Adelaide to Sydney and Dallas to Oklahoma City, or layovers. We’ll be traveling for over 24 hours.) We have been in Australia for 5
As controversies roil over police shootings, such as that of Stephon Clark in Sacramento (reportedly shot 8 times in the back), we should remember to honor the vast majority of officers who love and serve their neighbors by putting their lives on the line to protect
Is Bach Lutheran? The question is like, “Is the Pope Catholic?” OK, there may now be some question about that, but not about Bach among his fellow Lutherans, who know him as their greatest artist. And yet some critics have been saying that Bach “was
According to Australian journalist David Adler, the Palestinian Authority pays terrorists for attacking Israelis. Using a sliding scale that rewards terrorism the more deadly it is, terrorists who are imprisoned are given as much as $3,500 per month. The Palestinian Authority’s budget for subsidizing terrorism
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