Three Types Of Lies

Monday, February 6, 2012

Famous author Mark Twain popularized the Nineteenth Century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's saying: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."� If such a statement rang true in the 1800?s, it does so a hundred-fold today. Pick-up any newspaper on just about any given day and you can find two opposing [...]

How Dare You Say It s Wrong To Kill You!

Monday, January 30, 2012

Three things recently amazed me none in a good way. 1) The Palestinian Authority s top cleric, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, recently addressed a crowd at an event marking the 47th anniversary of the founding of Fatah, the mainstream movement led by the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas. He quoted a hadith, a saying attributed to [...]

Rich Man, Envious Man

Monday, January 23, 2012

It has been said many times that money doesn t buy you happiness. This is true but I d like to add that neither does ANYTHING else unless you re thankful for it. As pop-singer Sheryl Crow says in her song Soak Up the Sun , It s not having what you want. It s wanting what you ve got. I ve really [...]

2012 It s The End Of The World As We Know It

Monday, January 16, 2012

There are many reasons to think that 2012 could be the last year for our world. Iran is getting closer to becoming a nuclear power. North Korea is more unstable than ever. The European debt crisis is not going away, nor is America s. Larger and more devastating natural disasters seem to be increasing and medical [...]

Are We Ushering In Big Brother?

Monday, January 9, 2012

I recently made some changes to the small investments that I have. I didn t do so after the big 2008 crash because I ve always heard: you only lose money when you sell low. Ride it out. So I stuck it out but as the Republicans and Democrats battled over the US Debt Crisis and Europe struggled with its own sovereign debt issues I thought [...]

The Only Thing I Believe In Is That You re Wrong

Monday, January 2, 2012

Outspoken atheist, and great-great grandson of Charles Darwin ( The Origin of Species ), Matthew Chapman has written and directed a new film called THE LEDGE (Charlie Hunnam, Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Terrence Howard). He hopes that it will be the BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN for atheists. He says that this movie is an emotional appeal for people in the middle of the country questioning what it s all about [...]

Organ? Electric Guitar? Rap?

Monday, December 19, 2011

I belong to a church that is about to celebrate it s 102nd year anniversary. That s a very long time. It is full of Godly, kind Christian people. Unfortunately, it s located in a depressed area of downtown Hamilton, Ontario and the size of the congregation has been shrinking over the past number of years. Many of [...]

Inspiring Stuff

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Now I don t want this to be taken as an endorsement of being unprepared but I have to share a remarkable recent experience. I was asked to be the key note speaker at the first annual Maranatha Film Festival in Rochester, NY. I checked out the website and saw the line-up of films and speakers and was [...]

The Emperor s New Movie

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

I recently watched the Pixar / Walt Disney movie RATATOUILLE with my children. It s a very entertaining, sweet movie about a rat who wants to be a great chef. During one key moment a famous food critic writes in his review: In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those [...]

The Bulls-Eye Known As Tim Tebow

Monday, October 31, 2011

There s a new polarizing name in the NFL. No, it s not Terrell Owens with his big ego or Michael Vick with his fast feet and dog-torturing past. It s Tim Tebow the replacement quarterback for the Denver Broncos. Is he infamous for violent behavior or drunk driving or trash-talking? No. He s infamous for being a [...]