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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009The Pentecostal Evangel bids farewell to Managing Editor Kirk Noonan next week, so Kirk and I enjoyed a farewell lunch of our own yesterday at a local Indian restaurant. The buffet offered a variety of creatively spiced sauces over some light Basmati rice.
The rice got me to thinking of the following story.
Where the Gem of […]
‘ABC,’ Kung Fu, Charlie’s Angels and The Tonight Show
Friday, June 26th, 2009Obits hit the headlines constantly, some making a bigger splash than others. But the recent loss of David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson feel linked, and their combined weight transcends whatever individual ripples they create in the international media pool.
It’s almost as if 1970s television has died too. Jackson’s shrill rendition of […]
More Than a Class Reunion
Thursday, June 11th, 2009This past weekend, the alumni association of Rosslyn Academy sponsored a reunion here in Springfield. Rosslyn is an international Christian school in Nairobi, Kenya. My brothers and I attended Rosslyn from 1976 until 1980. (I had to transfer to the International School of Kenya in 1979 because Rosslyn only went to the ninth grade at […]
RV Envy
Monday, May 18th, 2009The Wahl family is living a dream for many of the rest of us. They’re taking an extended tour of the United States in their 41-foot recreational vehicle as they look for their next permanent home.
Last July, Mary Claire Wahl retired as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. Tom and children Joe, 12, Anna, […]
G.I. Joe
Friday, May 1st, 2009Ron Kopczick, the Evangel’s promotions coordinator, and I were having a random conversation this morning about the G.I. Joes we owned as kids. The conversation went something along the lines of …
“Yeah, I had Set A that came with Pieces B, C, and D.”
“Really? Well, I had Set B that came with Pieces E, F, […]
Tales From the Judges’ Crypt
Thursday, February 26th, 2009In the early 1950s, few comic books offered more thrills than Tales From the Crypt. The series’ horror stories eventually came under attack from parents, clergy, schoolteachers and others concerned for children’s spiritual and emotional welfare. Congressional subcommittee hearings in 1954 led to the establishment of a national Comics Code. The original Crypt issues are […]
Bedtime Prayers
Friday, February 13th, 2009Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake …
Whoa … hold on a minute.
Who in the world came up with a prayer like that? I got curious enough to Google the question, and it looks like “Now I Lay Me …” can be […]
Reflections
Friday, February 6th, 2009Dad played a baritone horn all my growing up years. He had studied in high school under euphonium master Harold Brasch (the euphonium being a V-8 baritone, or the baritone being an economy euphonium, depending on how you want to look at it).
My parents were pastors and missionaries, and our family lived in Virginia and […]
You Don’t Know the Half of It
Friday, January 30th, 2009“You should blog about that,” a friend at work said to me today as we commiserated about life’s auto repair woes.
She had just dropped off her family’s car and was waiting to hear what the cost would be. So I told her about last summer’s incident with our van.
Jodie was at the grocery store when […]
Renewed Appreciation
Monday, January 12th, 2009Jodie’s back went out on Saturday. She was standing at the sink washing dishes. No heavy lifting or anything like that. But it was still the kind of “out” where moving in the wrong direction by even an inch brings a spasm of pain that can send you to your knees.
She says the only comparable […]
