Richard Rohr is his men’s work has a ritual entitled “discharging your loyal soldier.”  It is based on the experience of Japanese soldiers after world war II.  Many soldiers were not fit or prepared to reenter civilian life.  So Japanese communities created a communal ritual in which the soldiers were honored for their service to the…

Yes, this is another Blog that is inspired by Tim Tebow.  I don’t think I will do another blog on this remarkable young man for awhile.  So bear with me for just this one more time.  I know there will be a lot more said about this young man, so it will be tempting on my…

Quantum physicist, Stephan Hawking, who is considered by many to be the greatest living scientist, has just celebrated his 70thbirthday.  At the age of 21 he was diagnosed withLou Gehrig’s disease.  That disease usually leads to death within three years, but Hawking has lived nearly a half-century, which is trulyremarkable.  No longer able to speak,…

Last Sunday, I was in the car taking a snooze in the car while my “bride” was shopping in WalMart in Brainerd.  I also was catching up on the post game chat about the Vikings’ season ending lose.  An advertising came on about Miller Lite beer.  The gist of the ad was that real men…

 I am writing this blog on the 23rd of Dec.  Tomorrow is Christiams Eve.  We just got word that  Judy’s Dad, Stan Seburg, who was 100 years old,  just passed away. This means that Christmas will be a time of planning for and having the funeral for Stan.  I have had to hold and comfort my wife at this “joyful time…

Men, did you know that a recent article in the Atlantic Monthly listed Tim Tebow as on the the “15 Most Divisive Athletes in Recent History.”  He was listed along with Michael Vick, Barry Bonds, Dennis Rodman, Pete Rose and O.J. Simpson.  The actions of these athletes include conviction for animal cruelty, obstruction of justice,…

Yes, men that is what it has come to during this Christmas Holiday.  A display of a skeleton in a Santa Claus suit was placed on a cross that was then erected on the courthouse in Leesburg, Va.  A spokesperson for the county explained, “The board of Supervisors currently has a policy in place to allow…

The title of my blog this week comes from the slogan on a McDonld’s McCafe coffee cup.  On the back of the cup are these words, “My moment to unwind.  It’s time to indulge myself.”  I like coffee.  When Judy and I travel we always stop in Mcdonald’s for coffee.  I also like to stop at Carbou…

Did you know that you are already holy as a believer, while being made holy.  Scripture calls us saints. A Christian is holy, because they are filled with the Holy Spirit and belong to God.  They are conscerated for God’s will.  We read in Ephesians 1:4, “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to…

Charles Colson discusses in a recent blog on an experiment that shows how easy it is to make people go against what they believe to be true.  This is how he described the experiments.  “One of the experiments involved wine-tasting, in which participants evaluate both the wine and one another’s wine-tasting skills.  The participants were…