What was there not to like? A crowd of marchers estimated at around 2,000, accompanied by dancers decked-out in dazzlingly blue, green and gold costumes, festooned with ostrich feathers; three elaborately decorated floats, a bright crisp autumn day, and nine miles of pavement. The annual Our Lady of Guadalupe pilgrimage…
By Steven Worden Striking reversals play a major role in Christianity: the First Cause of all Existence takes the form of a helpless baby in a stinking stable. The Lord of the Universe suffers a humiliating death. The poor and the meek shall be rewarded while the rich will struggle…
By Steven Worden It’s around this time of year, when a chill wind begins to scatter the leaves across the fields, that we begin to think about building a fire in the fireplace, sitting around the hearth and nursing a cup of hot apple cider with the family. That homey…
By Steven Worden We see them on TV frequently: preachers speaking in front of huge crowds packed into arenas. We listen as they hawk their latest books, CDs and DVDs. Although some may gripe at these pastors’ mass appeal or their marketing, these preachers are actually following in the footsteps…
By Steven Worden It’s that time of year again: crisp, bright mornings, leaves turning crimson and gold, and once again, the full-throttled rumbling of hundreds of motorcycles can be heard across our land. The Greater Noctule bat flies great distances in search of its prey; the pink-footed goose annually glides across…
It was eighty years ago today on September 22, 1931, C.S. Lewis set out on what can only be described as a remarkable motorcycle ride to the Whipsnade Zoo. Riding in a sidecar on his brother “Warnie” Lewis’s motorcycle, Lewis recalled, “When we set out I did not believe that…
So, What’s the Point, Anyway?
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Okay, one morning you’re sitting at the breakfast table happily munching away on your Wheaties and one of your kids glances over at you and asks you with undisguised frustration, “What is the point of it, anyway?” …
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