Archive for July, 2008
On the Campaign Trail
Thursday, July 31st, 2008The great advantage to living in a swing state such as Missouri is that presidential candidates are apt to pay frequent visits. Even a city the size of Springfield (population 151,580) draws the two major party nominees. Last month, John McCain held a town hall meeting where I live to discuss the economy; Barack Obama […]
Do You Deserve a Break Today?
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008I received a call from a reader on Monday urging me to write an article for Today’s Pentecostal Evangel about McDonald’s Restaurants selling out to homosexual activists.
The caller strongly suggested that I call up American Family Association for the scoop on how McDonald’s has become a pawn to promote the gay agenda. On its Web […]
Running Mate Speculation
Thursday, July 24th, 2008With the identity of presidential nominees decided long ago, pundits lately have been obsessed with trying to handicap the contest for vice president.
A pair of new polls indicates that voters favor Barack Obama picking his closest rival Hillary Clinton as a running mate. Likewise, much of the populace wants John McCain to select Mitt Romney as […]
Church Planting Never Gets Old
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Since this article appeared in Today’s Pentecostal Evangel on July 29, 2007, Pastor Dan Estes has once again returned to full-time ministry and church construction is complete. “We’re attracting many young people who weren’t going to church,” Estes said recently. “Stories of people embracing Christ are so refreshing. It helps me realize why I have […]
Customer Indignation
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008It’s the wise business that treats customers with respect and dignity. And it’s the savvy consumer who doesn’t get his nose bent out of joint over a perceived slight.
On occasion, I’ve become angry and exasperated at the rude and indifferent treatment from employees at the three major airlines on which I fly. If I had […]
The Race Is to the Swift
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Chimney swifts look like bats as they dart in and out of their summer brick home that is our chimney. Recently we had an employee of a local chimney company come to our house to discuss repairs needed for our fireplace before next winter. My wife, Patty, told the repairman he would need to make […]
Accolades for Vulgarity?
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Many in Hollywood and the media spent last week eulogizing George Carlin as a great national figure. They attached such phrases as “counterculture icon” and “First Amendment trailblazer” to Carlin, who died of a heart attack at 71. But many others will remember him merely as a foul-mouthed comedian who accelerated the path of vulgarity […]