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The Faith Tones
Recently, a friend of mine posted a photo of this gospel LP on Facebook and I could hardly believe my eyes. Here it is: The Faith Tones “Jesus Use Me”Could it be real? I began investigating.It turns...
View ArticleMarried?
There's news going around about a 4th-century papyrus fragment written in Coptic that indicates Jesus was married. True, that sounds pretty sensational on the surface. I got to thinking, "What would...
View ArticleThe Bus
I ride the bus to-and-from work every day along with hoards of other commuters. The bus I take is a commuter bus that picks up passengers for about a mile then hops on Lake Shore Drive for the...
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Juxtaposition
I’m really having a ball discovering these strange record albums of the past. Here’s a great juxtaposition I came up with: (1) A old-time Church of Christ minister’s sermon “If I Were A Woman” with a...
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Goodie Mob
I’ve noticed this ad posted at many bus and train stations around Chicago lately. Apparently, “Goodie Mob” is one of those popular rap groups you hear about these days. What I can’t understand is why...
View ArticleThe Smart Phone
I think I’m one of the last persons on earth to still own a regular, no-frills cell phone. I got an iPhone two years ago, but since I had no reception on the 50th floor where I lived, using it was...
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Julia the Vixen
Julia Child as a senior intelligence officer with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) while in Ceylon, 1944. Julia referred to this pose as one of "anticipatory lechery."
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The Lakefront Path
In the ever-elusive quest to find a means of exercise that I don’t find repellant, I tried running along Chicago’s lakefront trail again. Never again!On the surface, it sounds nice: Eight miles of...
View ArticleThe Dark Side
About two weeks ago, my life completely and irrevocably changed.No, I didn’t win the lottery or fall madly in love or find out I have a long-lost identical twin. I got my first smart phone. I had...
View ArticleThanksgiving
A Public Service Announcement: Having worked in homeless shelters, here is my public service announcement for everyone you know: PLEASE refrain from volunteering to serve meals on Thanksgiving and...
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I Like Big Bridges
Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve had a fascination with bridges. So when I heard on the news last night that a bridge crossing Lake Michigan was proposed, I was intrigued. I live on the shore of...
View ArticleBooks
When I was in graduate school studying theology back in the 1990s, I wrote a number of papers on the spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. This was back in the day when we actually had to go to these...
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The Faith Tones Saga Continues
A few months ago, I wrote an extensive piece about The Faith Tones, a female gospel trio who recorded an album in 1964 titled “Jesus Use Me.”Their album cover depicting the three of them in their 1960s...
View ArticleMexico Closes Border with Texas Due to Ebola Threat
MEXCO CITY - After learning of the recent cases of the Ebola virus in Texas, Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has taken prompt and effective measures to insure that Mexican citizens are kept...
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Christian Baker Refuses to Make a 'Welcome Home Josh' Cake for Michelle...
SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS-- Reeling from the recent child abuse scandal and having resigned as executive director of the Family Research Council, Josh Duggar, his wife, and three children have left...
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Duggar Scandal Featured on Celebrity Tours
SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS- In order to capitalize on the Josh Duggar scandal, GoldLine Tours of Hollywood, in conjunction with the City of Springdale, is offering guided bus tours that focus on notorious...
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Trains
I recently found myself at one of Chicago Transit Authority’s main stations where several train lines meet (the Howard station where the Red, Purple, and Yellow lines do their thing together). As I...
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Get With the Times
While riding on the bus, I noticed a periodic announcement that says, “Please be considerate of other passengers. Loud talking and radio playing are prohibited.”Radio playing?I think their announcement...
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Karma
Is this the height of irony or what? Four years ago, Stuart Sheperd from Focus on the Family wrote that everyone should pray for rain to disrupt the Democratic National Convention in Denver. He...
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Morning Scene - Sunrise
I’ve actually taken up jogging lately now that I live on the lake front. What’s even more shocking is that I went jogging at 6 a.m. this morning and saw the sun come up. I snapped this photo just as a...
View ArticleTraveling
For years while living in my little bitty home town in Texas, I wanted to travel. When you live in an isolated town of less than two thousand people, you pretty much want to travel anywhere. I was ten...
View ArticleThe Highway to Heaven
Apparently, a lot of fundamentalist Christian folks believe that Interstate 35 is the “Highway to Holiness” mentioned in the Bible. Isaiah, chapter 35, verse 8 says: “A highway will be there, a...
View ArticleJosh Duggar Christian Confession Resurrects Ashley Madison Site
The recent confession of repeated infidelity from American Family Association’s poster-boy, Josh Duggar, has not only resurrected the flailing Ashley Madison social networking service for those seeking...
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Vegan Hungarian Paprikas
Back in the 1990s, I was an actual monk in an actual monastery. (Cue the chorus of angel voices here.) Anyway, I taught myself to cook Hungarian food because most of the elderly monks came over from...
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B L I
Settling on a pair of gold laméslide sandals, Karen ambled through the aisles of the Pay-Less toward the cashier to make her purchase. Dull back pain near her shoulder was a reminder of the additional...
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