Archive for June, 2008
Hanging by a Thread
Thursday, June 26th, 2008If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Father’s Day is over and thankfully I didn’t receive a necktie. Apparently most other fathers didn’t either. The necktie is having trouble hanging on in today’s culture. It has become a victim of changing fashion trends.
After 60 years, the […]
Pass on the Plate
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Unsurprisingly, Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed suit last week against South Carolina over the state’s new plan to issue “I Believe” specialty license plates to Christians willing to shell out the extra bucks.
The suit was filed only nine days after the enactment of a law allowing the “I Believe” plates, which […]
Salute to a Trucker Chaplain
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The New York Times on Wednesday published a complimentary article on Assemblies of God trucker chaplain Shannon Rust. Through the ministry Headlight in Trucking, Shannon and his father, Sam, have been ministering to lonely truckers along the Pennsylvania turnpike for decades. Sam, at 74, is still at it. On Wednesday, he told me on the […]
Brewing Up Trouble?
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008I’m a bit bemused at all the hand-wringing going on in St. Louis by locals worried about the potential sale of Anheuser-Busch, the nation’s largest brewery. InBev, a Belgian conglomerate, has made an unsolicited cash bid to purchase Anheuser-Busch in an effort to become the world’s largest beer company.
The proposal has caused public protest marches, […]
30 Years of Matrimony
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Today marks three decades of wedded bliss for my wife, Patty, and me. Of course it all hasn’t been bliss. It’s been sickness and health, richer and poorer, better and worse. Marriages that survive must endure many heartaches and unexpected turns.
As I reminisce about that muggy day in a rural Iowa church 30 years ago, […]
Fathers Learn to Grieve Abortion
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Fathers Learning to Grieve Abortion Decision
By John W. Kennedy
The following article appeared in the June 17, 2007 edition of TPE. In November 2007, Sheila Harper’s husband, Jack, planted a daughter congregation of Cornerstone Church in Madison, Tenn. Meanwhile, the Springfield Pregnancy Care Center is in the midst of a $1.8 million capital campaign and about […]
Back Porch Birds
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008My wife Patty and I enjoy sitting out on our back porch deck, soaking up the sun, reading and watching birds. Patty recently hung a birdfeeder on the tree next to the deck and it’s been a wonder to see some of the visitors we’ve had as a result.
The sparrows, cardinals and blue jays are […]