Welcome to the living Stone, the source of life. - 1 Peter 2:4 A popular devotional book begins, "It's not about you." The first time I read that sentence I nearly threw the book across the room. Who is this Rick Warren guy to say such a thing?? Doesn't he know that life is, has always been, and wil...

This is a compilation of various news reports on Jesus and/or his mom showing up in random objects: Couple of things struck me as I watched this. First is the fact that it doesn’t take much for a True Believer™ to declare something as being a miracle. Finding a rock that vaguely resemble...

If there's one thing I learned about feeding kids it's that you have to take the tape off their mouths or they spill all over themselves. And then the daycare starts questioning your credentials and arrest history. Thankfully, you caught the manager banging the married parent of one of your charges ...

Apocalyptic thinking is frequently found in certain future scenarios, especially when those scenarios are created by people concerned with military conflict, climate change, artificial intelligence, disease outbreaks, or other scary possibilities. CRN has ourselves participated in the making of such...

A pink bottlenose dolphin was spotted swimming in Lake Calcasieu in Louisiana. It is believed to be the only of its kind. 'The mammal is entirely pink from tip to tail and has reddish eyes indicating it's albinism. The skin appears smooth, glossy pink and without flaws. I have spotted it about 40 to...

“I don’t write books for people to be friends with the characters,� Ms. Heller says of her new novel, “The Believers.� “If you want to find friends, go to a cocktail party.�...

“The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham” February 25th, 2009 Because there’s a war coming, John - if you’re not back on the island when that happens, the wrong side is going to win. The question of destiny plays a pretty fundamental role in how things operate in the world of Lo...

What if they gave a war and nobody came? That was a popular slogan for peace demonstrators of the Vietnam era (including me). It might be repeated, with a slight revision, at some point during this century: What if they gave a robot war and nobody came? Military robots already have been deployed by ...

I’ve been a Christian for 32 years. I’ve worked for or been a part of many churches. A good chunk of my degree work focused on analyzing how churches operate. I think I have some qualifications to express my opinion here. If anyone were to ask me what the one essential ingredient was for...

March 8, 2009 Guest Speakers:     Geraldine Maldonado - President of Circle of Hope Cancer Foundation web site:    Carol Becker, Director of Patient and Family Services, ACS www.acs.org       Bert Mueller's Inspirational Web Sites and Songs/Videos Information on Pancreatic Cancer Honoring hi...