Wednesday, June 2, 2004

June 2, 2004

6:34 PM Check out the website for the Allied Force Worship Team. Very cool. Click on the names and up comes a picture and a personal bio. Among other things, I discovered that Katie Suriano’s favorite candy is something called “Swedish Fish” and Robert Napolitano loves the song “Somewhere I Belong” by Linkin Park. L…

Tuesday, June 1, 2004

June 1, 2004

7:42 AM The Civil War tour begins a week from Monday. Thirty-eight people will join us for a tour of the major battlefields of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Two weeks from today we’ll visit Gettysburg. In a related story, the oldest Civil War widow died yesterday in Enterprise, Alabama. In 1927, when she was 21, she …

Monday, May 31, 2004

May 31, 2004

5:52 PM Time to go to the Brown Cow in Forest Park and have some ice cream. 5:42 PM Scattershooting … During my bike ride along the Prairie Path this AM, I dodged the rain until I was almost in Elmhurst. The heavens opened just as I was passing under I-294. Several other bikers and walkers joined me under the overpas…

Sunday, May 30, 2004

May 30, 2004

7:01 AM A Prayer for Sunday Morning Here are excerpts of a prayer by Alexander MacLaren (1826-1910), one of Great Britain’s most famous preachers. A contemporary of Charles Spurgeon, MacLaren pastored Union Chapel in Manchester for many years. His multi-volume Bible expositions are still in print almost a century after his …

Are We on the Brink of Revival?

ARE WE ON THE BRINK OF REVIVAL? by Dr. Ray Pritchard Is America poised for a great spiritual awakening? Many factors argue against it. Several years ago Chuck Colson issued a solemn warning about the decline of our culture. He spotlighted three ominous trends: partial-birth abortion, euthanasia, and the movement to legalize…

Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2004

Saturday, May 29, 2004

May 29, 2004

7:37 PM Counting down … 8 days until the Family Fun Fest—June 6, 12:30-2:30 PM 14 days until the Faith and Freedom Concert—June 12, 7 PM 7:31 PM A Letter From “Moe” This is one of the more unusual prison letters we have received. I usually write back to all the prisoners who write to me. Along w…

Friday, May 28, 2004

May 28, 2004

5:35 PM I think I should go see this movie. 11:04 AM Counting down … 9 days until the Family Fun Fest—June 6, 12:30-2:30 PM 15 days until the Faith and Freedom Concert—June 12, 7 PM 11:01 AM Marvin Olasky was among a small group of journalists who met with President Bush on Wednesday. This is his report. …

Thursday, May 27, 2004

May 27, 2004

7:20 PM Just posted an entry called Baggage Claim on the Crosswalk weblog. 10:52 AM I’m on the radio twice today: 1:20-2 PM With Kevin McCullough on WMCA in New York City. 4-5 PM With Adam McManus on KSLR in San Antonio, TX. (Later: This interview never happened. I was ready but they never called. That sometimes happens. We…

May 26, 2004, 2004

May 26, 2004

10:57 PM Okay, fine, I’m happy for everyone, but I’m still a John Stevens fan. 8:30 AM I’m doing two radio interviews today: 11:05 AM KBJS, Jacksonville, TX. 1:15-2 PM Janet Parshall’s America, a national broadcast originating in Washington, DC. Both these interviews are for Beyond All You Could Ask or Think. 7:41 AM The cu…

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

May 25, 2004

12:28 PM Cardinal Francis George has sent a letter to priests in the Chicago area instructing them not to serve communion to Catholics who wear a rainbow sash to church this Sunday. The sash is a symbol of a group of gay Catholics who challenge the traditional Catholic teaching regarding homosexual behavior. In his memo to …