Is electronic fellowship better than no fellowship at all? Is face to face in person eye contact necessary for fellowship? I'm not sure. But I think we (I mean the followers of God) are gonna have to...
Well, it's no surprise to me that I haven't yet heard from S. I've been pondering the fact that it's been about a year since I learned about the upheaval in his life--I've also been thinking about appearances and...
We as a nation are hurdling toward disaster. We rely on countries hostile to us( although they are not hostile to our money, more on another post) to supply our oil. We acknowledge the problem exsist but refuse to address...
The year's first strawberries have come in.This is our second strawberry season, soit's our first with a good number of berries in the crop.The berries are extremely sweet and delicious. We are pleased to a very silly degree....
My thoughts havent been particularly clear today. But I think Ill force myself to write them down. So here goes: 1) Somebody encouraged me last night to keep "building my character." This is really good advice, but also really daunting....
Women must hold public office if their simple existence is to have any meaning whatsoever. They must not merely seek these offices; no, they must have them! As one in touch with reality, this position I wholeheartedly maintain. Too...
Yeah, the soon-to-be ex-senator and failed presidental contender was flayed by his own hometown paper (which is no small feat, as the paper is hardly liberal -- in fact, it's not even moderate).Vaccine industry officials helped shape legislation behind the...
There are different kinds of travel- business travel, vacation, recreation (tours, cruises), and what I have determined as event travel. This trip was definitely event travel. Every day had an agenda, with some time to stop and relax, but ultimately...
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative. ... John Kenneth Galbraith Today, we had the JFK luncheon, Bill Lusk, our candidate for State Representative 27, quoted the late,...
A noisy crowd once followed Jesus on the dusty road to Jericho. A pitiful blind man heard He was coming. "Jesus!" he yelled, "Have mercy on me!" People in the crowd tried to hush him. "Psst! Bartemaeus! Shut up!" But he only...
The Shaking Ray Levi Society has collaborated with artist Judith Mogul on a stop-motion short film entitled, "Anti-Arktikos." A Chattanooga premiere and a DVD are planned. Click here to see a clip. (Real Media Player required.) Click here to hear the end...
*Forty minutes after entering the largest aquarium in the world* Jonathan and Ian report back, "We're finished." "You're what?!" "We're finished. There wasn't anything to read."...
We pulled into the parking lot of Point Park on a foggy Friday afternoon; my brothers had already seen the view earlier in the week, but they needed to pick up one more souvenier for a friend. "Oh shucks,"...
The brother on the left is Ian. He's 15 and over 6 feet. The brother on the right in Jon. He's 17 and pushing 6'4". I'm 5'9" in the middle. In Hawaii, we are as...
…18-year Bradley County Sheriff Dan Gilley, who was quick to blame “outside influences” for his loss to Tim Gobble in last week’s Bradley County Sheriff’s race. Chief among those “outside influences” is Chattanooga attorney/talk show host John Wolfe, who is...
Contrary to the scandalous headlines on the front page of Sunday’s Times Free Press, the polluted history of the city’s proposed homeless campus site has been common knowledge – at least since Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield’s initial announcement about the...
I was recently asked to give some resources for learning more about Orthodoxy from the internet. The following is a brief list. Start with Orthodoxy in America which in addition to answering basic questions, also lists parishes near (relatively speaking) you. Orthodox...
We returned from our May 1st Holiday vacation (also known as International Labor Day). We travelled to Yunnan in south-west China and travelled around for 10 days. We were definitely blessed the entire time. This is the busiest, most expensive...
According to the BBC site on C.S. Lewis Hear the only surviving footage of C.S. Lewis's broadcast talks. This is the last episode in Beyond Personality, the third series. It was broadcast on BBC radio on 21st March 1944. We...
Click here to check out the "Michael Jackson Acquittal Party" from the now-defunct, UTC student-produced "Rock Bottom" TV show. There are other clips available on the right side of the page. ...
Spin on the typical horror flick plot. No drama. No prolonged suspense. Just a big motel that IS the monster. Oh, and it eats people. It would be a short film....
I know I've had my share of friends like this. You know, the kind that want you to retrieve a baseball from something that you don't realize is a monster's head. ...
There are a number of times when drawings just don't resolve themselves. This is one such time. Oh, and I have a bird stuck in my chimney. Yes, it's stuck inside my chimney and I can't get it out. It has...
Troparion of St Christopher Tone 4 In beautiful garments woven from thy blood thou dost stand before the King of Heaven./ For thou dost chant the Thrice-holy hymn with Angels and Martyrs./ By thy supplications save thy servants. Kontakion of St Christopher...
Yeah, I know, no updates in the past few weeks. Honestly, it feels like it has been a lot longer than that. I've just been damn busy. There were the Preds in the playoffs. Unfortunately, we...
Yes, advertisements. The current ChattaLAN server is about to kick the bucket, and I have a feeling that it's not too far in the future. So, I'm putting up ads on PhragMunkee.com and ChattaLAN.com and asking anyone who...
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