The questioner was honest and humble. They weren’t trying to accuse us of anything or cause a problem. They just wanted to know: where is Rochester Church headed? They saw our worship — which can be lively and a little different from the standard form adopted in the 1940s in the churches of Christ. We [...]
Anti-gun and anti-self defense zealots often point to enlightened Europe and ask why we can’t be more like them. If they looked more closely they might change their minds. England had almost no restrictions on handguns until World War I when class-ism resulted in the deaths of a huge portion of the underclass while the [...]
Marine General Peter Pace wasn’t asked to serve a second term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Bush administration said they felt it would be too difficult — a bruising battle — to get him past the Democrat controlled Senate even though he was highly decorated, highly regarded, and had served well. [...]
After writing over at www.patrickmead.net about synesthesia, I got to thinking about the ways the human brain can do things that seem miraculous and are certainly unexplainable with our current level of knowledge. One of the strange things that can and does occur from time to time is the arrival of a prophet. No, I’m [...]
When I was a boy I was convinced that my parents lived for only one purpose: to stomp out all joy in my life. They made me go to bed when I wasn’t sleepy, wake up when I wanted to sleep, eat things that tasted horrible, kept me from eating the best tasting stuff, strictly [...]
I am convinced that every person’s life would make a good novel. People are immensely complex creatures with a history of joy and sorrow, terror and laughter. A wise man told me to be kind to everyone because "everybody you meet is having a hard day." This week, I’ve looked at people and thought about [...]
An interesting question was posed to me last night. What is the dividing line between caring for the earth and earth worship? Hmmm. I remember nearly twenty years ago when I took my daughter to a Subway sandwich place. In the kid’s meal was a small comic book starring Captain Planet (A Ted Turner production). [...]
Struggling with connectivity issues while I’m on the road (details at www.patrickmead.net)but I plan to be back in the blogging world in the next couple of days — Lord willing. I hear that Josh Graves did a fantastic job at Rochester Church yesterday. Sadly, I find myself thrilled that the church can go on without [...]
Back when I was a lad of tender years and hot emotions I thought Proverbs 6 was weird. You know the passage, I’m sure. God lists six things… no, seven things!… He hates. First of all, I’d been taught that all hating was wrong. If you HAD to hate something, it was the sin, not [...]
A few years ago a suicide bomber blew himself up in Tel Aviv. After police finished their investigation, the most probable explanation for why the man detonated himself on an empty street corner was… he got distracted on his way to his target, was late, and the dynamite went off as scheduled. They figured this [...]