2012: End of the World?

This past weekend, Sony released Roland Emmerich’s thriller about a global cataclysm that is scheduled to take place in 2012. With the release of this movie (which I have not seen, nor will see due to the language) we will be hearing more and more about speculations of 2012 being the end of the world. …

Subnormal, Normal, & Abnormal

For some time now, I have been contemplating a phenomenon that I, through observation, could see existed, but I didn’t quite know how to verbalize. However, I think the words have finally come to me. I have observed that when the subnormal becomes normal, then what is normal becomes abnormal. I’ve reached this conclusion after …

Even In Mayberry

Yesterday morning I was reading headline news from across the nation and one headline in particular grabbed my attention.  It read, “Man Charged With Killing 4 In Mayberry Model Town.” On Sunday,  November 1, 2009 four men were murdered in the small town of Mt. Airy, North Carolina.  For those of you who are not …

North to Alaska!

Wow! What a wonderful time we had on our recent visit to Anchorage, Alaska! The Debarr Road congregation in Anchorage Alaska asked me to come up and speak at their annual Men’s Retreat. If I remember correctly, approximately 116 men from all over Alaska attended this retreat, which was located at a campground around 30 …