These are my thoughts for the past week as well as for this Sunday, May 9, 2010, the 6th Sunday of Easter and Mother’s Day. The Scriptures for this Sunday are Acts 16: 9 – 15, Revelation 21: 1 – 10, 22 – 22: 5, and John 14: 23 -29.
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The title of this piece comes […]
This was supposed to be a piece questioning the motives of those who marched in Washington last weekend. At best, they have a selective memory; at worst, they are representative of days past when the police set the dogs on the children in Birmingham, state troopers beat the marchers on the Edmund Pettis bridge outside […]
On January 20, 1961, John Kennedy stood before the people of America and the world and announced that the torch had been passed to a new generation. I cannot help but think that on August 26, 2009, with the death of Ted Kennedy, the light of that torch may have gone out. We must now […]
Harry Patch died two weeks ago; he was buried on August 6th. Now, unless you are like me and you listen to the BBC, you probably don’t know who Harry Patch was. He certainly wasn’t important but then again, his death does have some significance. He was the last surviving British veteran of World War […]
Here are my thoughts for the 2nd Sunday in Easter. The Scriptures for today are Acts 4: 32 - 35, 1 John 1: 1 - 2: 2, and John 20: 19 - 31. This is also a political piece but the times demand it.
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For as long as I can recall, I have considered myself a […]
Several years ago on a Saturday, my siblings and I and our families went to our parents’ house for a good spring cleaning. We recently had to place my father in a nursing home, and my mom wanted things gone through with much that was accumulated over the years thrown out. So we rented a […]
Just some thoughts to begin the year
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What will it take for change to occur in this country in the next year? What will it take for this country to understand that the methods and the thoughts of the past have no place in the future and that those who cling to the past will find […]
Those who have read my blog or heard me preach know that I am a southerner and a 2nd generation military brat by birth. Without doubt, where I was born and where I grew up in this world had a lot to do with how I feel and what I think of the world around […]
I gave a sermon on Sunday (10 August 2008 ) in which the presentation probably was not one of my better ones. I forgot that I am God’s representative and Christ’s disciple and that the words that I speak have to be His words, not mine. I have been on a roll lately and I […]
The Onion published a list of potential running mates. The best one: David Duke, since Obama is currently not polling well among racists. I also think Jesse Jackson could help him cut off any chances of McCain catching up.
crossposted at www.scottoverpeck.com
On this day, April 4th, 1968, the world changed. Some would have us say that the world is a better place; others will say that it is not. For a while in my life, I thought the promise of the world was going to be fulfilled. But this singular day in my […]
Yesterday Presidential candidate U.S. Senator Barack Obama gave a speech in Philadelphia, PA in response to his controversial former pastor. The Dr. Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jr. recently retired from Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, IL.
You can watch the full speech here.
His speech were in response to these comments by Rev. Wright (warning - […]
“Sophie’s World” author’s comments create storm of controversy in Norway
An article in a leading Norwegian newspaper last weekend lambasted Israel and Judaism and said Israel has lost its right to exist in its present form.
Entitled “God’s chosen people,” the article by author Jostein Gaarder in Aftenposten is raising a storm in Norway. Gaarder, […]
U.N. Panel Takes U.S. to Task Over Katrina
Under the circumstances (i.e., the present membership of this UN committee) can this be taken seriously? Isn’t this really a case of the pot is calling the skillet black?
Looking around the world today can one ignore the human rights abuses of China, Viet Nam, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, […]
