Archive for January 19th, 2009
An Open Letter to Bono
Dear Bono. Thanks for the humanitarian relief effort you’ve done for Africa. You’ve used your celebrity to charm world leaders into forgiving billions in debt. Well done. Ummm, coming from the country that helped make you famous and rich – not that you owe us anything
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Other Names For God?
Sure, we know the Almighty as the Alpha and Omega, the Great I AM. There is a long popular poster in Christian circles that features various names and titles of God. He has more names and titles than the queen of England!
Obituary: Al Capone
Gangster Al Capone From a tombstone in Mt. Carmel Cemetery; Chicago, Illinois we have a three word inscription… “My Jesus Mercy” And what haloed saint uttered so sublime a prayer? Why, none other than the notorious
Dream of Migrant Workers
There is a huge immigration debate in America. Our borders are overrun with illegal migrant workers who are often depicted as: aliens, uneducated, dirty, fruit pickers, field hands. These prejudicial images and stereotypes
The Window at the End of the Universe
My cosmic quest for the fabled Window at the End of the Universe was over. Suddenly, it appeared before me suspended in space. Like a pilgrim finding the Grail, I stood staring slack-jawed at the Window fearing it was a mirage or a figment of archetypal desire. Yet I dared hope. It was real. I pulled
Dark and Sultry Night
(To be read a la’ Bogart) It was a dark and sultry night. Typical in the gumshoe game, I was working late wrapping up a case. Soft
Casa, Blanket? Not For Newborn Savior
No Vacancy (With apologies to Humphry Bogart). “Of all the Inn joints in all the towns in all the Roman Empire, she walks into mine,” sobbed tormented innkeeper Marvin the Sloshite of Bethlehem. He says the bad
Final Quotes
While taking a quiet walk through a cemetery, I couldn’t help but notice that all tombstones have a start - and more significantly - a stop, date. Yeah, such a realization gave me the willies, too, but it’s
