Concerning the Fourth Commandment, we can honor a father or mother after they’re gone… ‘SERGEANT JOE’ Joseph R. was born in1920, in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents were Peter and Cora R. of rural southern Indiana, where the parents raised the children on a small farm. There were two siblings, aContinue Reading
How might blood type better address the individuality of each human life from conception onward, and promote commonality of cultural understanding in the human life discussion? According to the Torah, the Law of Moses, nothing is more basic to the notion of human life than the nature of its life-sustainingContinue Reading
THE ISSUE AT HAND In this piece I suggest a shift in how contemporary culture values human life, that by addressing the subject of human blood as basic to the notion of human life and to the individuality of each person from conception onward. The commonality of humanity is betterContinue Reading
The Second and Third Sundays of the Christian season of Advent are confrontational. For each of these Sundays presents us with the prophet having what prophets require, a backbone of steel and an iron will to stand for who called upon them. St. John the Baptist was not only suchContinue Reading
[The following post is from the introduction to my Year ‘A’ 2019-2020 Advent book entitled, “What to Hope In When There Is No Hope”, Copyright © 2019 by V. Rev. David L. Rogers]. THE SEASON OF ADVENT The Season of Advent is again upon us in the Year of OurContinue Reading
Deuteronomy 26 1 “When you come into the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, and have taken possession of it, and live in it, 2you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land thatContinue Reading
SO BLOOMBERG TELLS YOU THUS AND SO: A link to the Federalist article is below this astonishing citation. “If your income is more than $289,000 a year, the run-up in gas prices may be alarming—but it’s unlikely to hammer your overall finances.” “Adjustment [to inflation] is hard for people withoutContinue Reading
WHOOPI GETS TWO WEEKS ‘VACATION’ ABC gets tough with “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg in response to her numbskull comment about the Holocaust. The network’s disciplinary or punitive action is as pathetic a charade as a megamillions quarterback or roundball forward being hanky-slapped with a $5,000 fine. CNN recently firedContinue Reading
(It’s National Baklava, Day… Opa!) We may find it hypocritical that Rep. Paul Gosar (Rep.–AZ) is facing a censure vote from the House today pertaining to the anime cartoon depicting a flying warrior attacking ‘monsters’ bearing faces of AOC and Biden. These censure votes are in fact silly and soContinue Reading
The 1440.com morning news digest cites a Rolling Stone article reporting the history of allegations concerning the rocker Marilyn Manson. The article is here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/marilyn-manson-abuse-allegations-1256888/ The report is of a history indeed. That is why my sort has some problem with high-flyers who continually fall into such messes. If itContinue Reading
Really!! This morning’s Gospel reading appointed for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost is a familiar one from St. Mark: 13:1 As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” 13:2 Then Jesus asked him, “Do youContinue Reading
SEX FOR VAX?? SEX FOR VAX?? Greg Gutfeld of Fox News Channel informs us that an Austrian brothel is offering 30 minutes of free sex with one of its sex workers to get people to take the COVID vaccine. My own personal understanding is that sort of partying is prohibitiveContinue Reading
This morning’s Gospel Text from St. Mark Chapter 10 tells the story of blind Bartimaeus’ encounter with Jesus: 46 And they came to Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.Continue Reading
[I AM REPOSTING MY COMMENTS FROM 11 APRIL IN PART,SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER, AS THE SAME TEXT FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES USED TO SUPPORT “CHRISTIAN COMMUNISM” HAS RESURFACED IN TODAY’S LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST]. I CAN JUST IMAGINE THE PREACHING IN THE LEFTIST ‘CHURCHES’Continue Reading