Category Archives: Comfort & Joy
Happy Birthday U.S. Marine Corps
Semper Fidelis – since 1775! MARINE CORPS MEMORIAL ~ ARLINGTON, VA Dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on November 10, 1954
Government’s Campaign to Eclipse God Continues Apace
Back in the early days of the first millennium A.D., the Romans didn’t start throwing Christians to the lions just because it sated their taste for blood-thirsty sport. And they didn’t kill them just because they worshiped Jesus. Rome, at … Continue reading
Operation Christmas Child
Looking for a meaningful way to help spread the Good News about Jesus and help a needy child during the Christmas season this year? Samaritan’s Purse’ “Operation Christmas Child” is a great way to do that. Our teenage son even … Continue reading
You Have a Soul!
For Christians, November 1st has traditionally marked the Festival of All Saints (or All Saints’ Day); on that day we remember with thanksgiving those who have lived and died in the faith. The custom of commemorating all the martyrs of … Continue reading
Benedictine Monks Stand for Economic Liberty
While attempting to organize my hard-copy archives this past weekend, I ran across a Big Government article that I’d saved from August 2010: Licensing Gone Wild: Monks Face Jail for Selling Caskets. Good grief! I didn’t remember seeing … Continue reading
Keep Jesus off the Gridiron? Life in the “No-tolerance Zone”
If you’re an NFL fan, you know that Tim Tebow started as the Bronco’s quarterback for the first time yesterday.Trailing the Miami Dolphins for more than 3 quarters, Denver scored twice with only 5 minutes to go in 4th, and … Continue reading
China’s Lost… and Found
Lost and confused… This image was featured last week at Business Insider, part of a photo-collection titled “This Is What Millions Of Young People In China And India REALLY Think.” And what they “REALLY think”, for the most … Continue reading
Another Blow for the Man-Made Global Warming Gang
Uh-oh… Plants take in more CO2 than thought, study finds. A team from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California, developed a new method for measuring how much CO2 is absorbed and released by plants. Their study was published last month … Continue reading
I am 53%
Have you seen this website yet? ~ We are the 53%. You know, the ones who make the country run. “Those of us who pay for those of you who whine.” The site features messages for the Occupy … Continue reading
Bio-inspired: Energy from Cowpies
Roasting cow patties seems as low-tech as cooking by campfire next to a covered wagon. But some farmers have found that roasting dried cow dung, under the appropriate conditions, is a great way to save money. Maggie Koerth-Baker on National … Continue reading
Happy Birthday William Penn!
William Penn (1644-1718), founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, was born in London on October 14th, 1644. He entered Oxford University at age 16 and while there, rejected Anglicanism and began attending unauthorized Quaker prayer meetings. Moved by that … Continue reading
Happy Pro-Life News for Michigan
Good news for babies about to be born in Michigan, at least after January 1st, 2012; they can no longer be “aborted” on the way out. On Tuesday, October 11th, Governor Rick Snyder signed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban into … Continue reading
