THE BEST DEFENSE FOR A BAD MEMORY by Ray Pritchard “An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips”
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 200410:35 PM Several days ago I wrote a Crosswalk weblog entry called Should We Allow Sinners to Come to Church?. Today I received a note from a man in Ireland with the title, “Well said, Sir!!” He reproduced my column, then added one comment: “AMEN TO THAT, BROTHER! Sincerely,” It was the signature that caught my atten…
7:42 PM I happened to be on the phone with Nick when the Cubs made their final out in the 9th inning against the Braves. “It’s over,” Nick said. He’s right. Nothing to do now but wait till next year. Which Cub fans have been doing for a long time. Next year Calvary will be 90 years old. No pastor of our church has ever …
12:29 PM The online version of “The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage,” my sermon from last Sunday, has just been posted on the website. Click here to read it. 10:24 AM My brother Andy sent me an email with the title “News Flash: Cubs and Red Sox Blow Postseason Chances!!” Then he added: “What’s new about that?” He …
8:37 AM Thursday shout-out to Viola Wilkes, Wesley King, Valerie Eaton, Veronica Chapman, Chuck Csakai, Neil Bremer, Lenon Goldsby, Dennis Baker, Joe Wemhoff, Kemi Adeodu, Doug Watson in Glasgow, Scotland, Howard and Morel Harvey in Nashville, and to Lisa Edwards in Waco, Texas….
10:34 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called The Best Defense for a Bad Memory. 11:45 AM Anchor for the Soul update: We are donating 2000 copies of Anchor to the Library of Hope prison ministry. We are also providing 500 copies to Pacific Garden Mission at a very low cost. 11:45 AM Attendance report from last Su…
11:29 AM Sunday was my birthday, but we were too busy to celebrate so tonight Marlene and Mark are taking me to a restaurant in Chicago. Special thanks to the Bowman children for singing “Happy Birthday” on our answering machine. That put a smile on my face. Thanks to those gave the fudge, the apple pie, and the chocola…
9:32 PM The thought occurred to me late this afternoon that more people have heard about Calvary in the last 24 hours than at any other time in our 90 year history. I can’t prove that scientifically, but I think that’s probably true, and if so, it’s an amazing result of an amazing day. Last night there were s…
THE FIRST RULE OF HOLES by Ray Pritchard A friend was talking with his son about the importance of sound financial principles. But what do you do when you are already in debt? The answer is not hard to find: Get out of debt as quickly as possible. My friend shared a pithy aphorism that he called the First Rule of Holes, whi…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20045:41 AM Meanwhile Hurrican Jeanne closes in on Florida. This will be the fourth hurricane to hit the state in the last week. I don’t know if that’s a record or not, but people here will be glad when hurricane season finally comes to an end. Not much action at the moment on the west side of the state, but that will quickly c…