<![CDATA[Today’s sermon title comes from The Message’s rendering of those iconic words from the Lord’s prayer, “thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Dad, do what is best. That’s what dads are supposed to do, and as a kid growing up, I didn’t always appreciate some of my dad’s choices. There…

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<![CDATA[Read the story here. I have nothing new to report, other than that I think it’s fascinating to read the comments after each story like this. Skeptics are all, this is a hoax… get real, people! And some Christians are like praise the Lord! And other Christians are all, this Bentley guy is weird, but…

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<![CDATA[This is just a little thing, but it made my day when I found out Portland is getting another sports talk radio station… FM this time. Which means that my man Rome will be back on the airwaves in the PDX. Clones, unite. Check the new site for Portland’s 95.5 The Game. ]]>

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<![CDATA[ This passed the make-Holly-laugh test (unlike the Noah’s Day joke): A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin – 5 and Ryan – 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson.“If Jesus were sitting here, He would say ,…

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<![CDATA[Sometimes I strive to entertaining or amusing, but this is neither.It’s being reported today that James Dungy, son of Indianapolis Colts’ head coach Tony Dungy, was found dead in his apartment. He was 18 years old.I bring this up because Dungy is not only the celebrated head coach of a team that’s poised to win…

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<![CDATA[I’m just waiting for Jon Stewart to jump on this one. I can see the doctored headline already:“White Evangelist, Tired of Taking Beating, Decides to Give One.“ (Okay, it’s a bad joke… but tell me you weren’t thinking of it when you read the guy’s name.) ]]>

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<![CDATA[(“Fine Lines” title taken from “Change of Subject,” a blog by Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune.) “The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.” – Virgil Thompson Yeah, and then if you know the right people,…

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<![CDATA[Snoop Dizzle and my man J-Foxx, First of all, congratulations for your life achievements thus far. You’re both successful entertainers, and I have to say that I’ve enjoyed both of your work quite a bit from time to time. It’s been a pleasure seeing both of you make the transition from being cult favorites among…

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<![CDATA[[title taken from "Change of Subject,” a blog by the Chicago Tribune’s Eric Zorn.] “The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly’ — meaning ‘many’ — and the word ‘ticks,’ meaning ‘blood sucking parasites.’” – Larry Hardiman [Ed: What more needs to be said?] ]]>

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