What We Call News
What is news? Tragedies and scary things usually, because that’s what gets peoples attention. But with billions of people to have things go wrong, what gets reported? The tragedy and bizarre mystery of the Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco has had much headline attention. And it was a big plane. But buried at the bottom of my newspaper’s page 7 was another airplane crash the next day. This one in Alaska. An “air taxi” for people who live in remote places. All ten people on board were killed–five times as many as on the Asiana flight. But it wasn’t…
A Christian’s Dual Citizenship
As an American I understand the logic behind the rapid changes happening in my country. Whether I like them or not, they are understandable results of a modernized Western nation steeped in individualism and wealth. People confuse privileges and wants with rights. We hear people speaking the language of rights, but it’s often times more an issue of getting what they want. Same-sex marriage is a glaring case in point. But people also do all kinds of sexually immoral things that are legal. And yes, according to the Constitution and it’s amendments, it can be construed that they have their rights…
Why Non-Westerners Hate Westerners
Ever wonder why non-Westerners seem to hate Westerners? C.S. Doemner quotes from Meic Pearse’s new book: Why the Rest Hates the West: Understanding the Roots of Global Rage. To generalize a global phenomenon: Westerners are increased perceived by non-Westerners as “rich, technologically sophisticated, economically and politically dominant, morally contemptible barbarians.” Westerners are Tweet
Small Action, Big Consequence
Have you ever done something that seemed small or insignificant that ended up having a bigger consequence than you had expected, or maybe imagined? Witness the German banker who for whatever reason hadn’t gotten enough sleep and fell asleep “for an instant” at his workstation keyboard. He intended to transfer 62.50 euro to a customer. He ended up transferring €222,222,222.22 (about $293,000,000). Fortunately another colleague spotted the error, and it was corrected. You can probably think of a time when you may have made a seemingly insignificant comment, only to greatly offend someone. Or perhaps you did–or didn’t do–something that…
Heaven Sent Me Back
I’ve been writing a book manuscript with Roxanne Wermuth, who has Chronic Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and had a heaven experience. We’re calling it Heaven Sent Me Back. Here’s the first chapter. I’d love to see your comments. Chapter 1 Return to Sender I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Psalm 63:2 Against my will, my eyes started to open. Please, God, don’t send me back. I shut my eyes again, hoping and praying I would still be in the other dimension when I opened them. With absolute resolve, I stopped breathing and…
