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God’s Goodness Dissected
February 14, 2011 There is a belief, sometimes unspoken, that God is only good to His faithful. This thinking can lead to a view of God as playing favorites; being…
Images from space help us engage with the ‘brotherhood of man’
February 12, 2011 A friend sent me a web link with some images taken from outer space by astronaut Douglas Wheelock. We use the word fantastic often in speech these…
Devotion, not compulsion
January 18, 2011 “The man that believes will obey; failure to obey is convincing proof that there is no true faith present. God . . . gives faith to the…
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to those on whom His favor rests.
December 20, 2010 Hope for the Christian is anchored in the Christmas promise, foretold by angels who visited shepherds keeping watch in their fields by night. The result of this…Robot Wars 1997
Most Others Are Tin Cans at Hands of O.C. Robot August 20, 1997 | SPECIAL TO THE LOS ANGELES TIMES Dan Danknick built his robot Alexander for one purpose: destruction.…
Praying With My Pencil” —Greg Asimakoupoulos
Now I sit me down
to think
and jot a prayer
with lead or ink.
If I should wake
before I die,
I ask you, Lord,
to help me try
to live each day
for what it’s worth
and make some meaning
of my birth.