“It was a brave man who ate the first oyster!” declared a poster at a restaurant I used to frequent in college. While many people find oysters delectable, I suspect the same number find them repulsive. As a teenager, I invited a friend over for dinner, and insisted that my mother fry oysters. I remember […]
The Fab Four is a Beatles tribute band (We don’t say “impersonator” anymore, possibly because it suggests full-blown identity theft.) An NYPD officer once gave me their Christmas album. It’s a wonderful piece of work—versions of 20 Christmas songs, each given the sound and style of a Beatles hit. “Away in a Manger” sounds like […]
A number of years ago I wrote a Messenger article titled “Co-Inky-Dink”. It was about various odd coincidences I have experienced in my life. (“Co-Inky-Dink” is how Popeye the Sailor pronounces “coincidence”). In this Messenger, I’d like to write a sequel to that article---because in the last few months I’ve experienced a whole slew of […]
Alec Baldwin is dead! Clint Eastwood is dead! Susan Boyle is dead! Megan Kelly quit her Fox News show ON THE AIR! At least that’s what I read on the Internet... “Fake news” is a major discussion topic in politics these days. Some even assert that fake news swayed the election. To be honest, I […]
This month, we remember the day of Blessed Martin Luther’s passing–February 8. Last month, we commemorated the birthday of another great Martin–Dr. Martin Luther King. These two Martins have each had a great influence in my life. From Blessed Martin Luther I learn the Scriptural truth that we are saved by grace through faith. Our […]
March is a welcome month. While it does indeed “come in like a lion”–often bringing the most severe snowstorms of the winter–it also “goes out like a lamb”. The weather begins to moderate, the days grow longer (especially since Daylight Savings Time got pushed back into March), and we joyfully embrace the coming of spring! […]
