Monthly Archives: September 2014
Closed versus Close
I recently listened to an excellent presentation by a brother in the ministry on this topic. He gave it to his circuit. He went over the history of these two words and how they jumped from the Baptist to the … Continue reading
You Could Learn a Lot from a Dummy
This post takes its title from the 1980s’ U.S. Department of Transportation ad campaign to get people to wear seatbelts. They showed you a crash using test dummies and then this tag line. In the 1990s Big Brother gave up … Continue reading
Flotsam and Jastram
Yes, I know it’s flotsam and jetsam which properly speaking is “wreckage of a ship or its cargo floating on the water or washed ashore.” It also means “worthless or miscellaneous things.” I’m thinking of the later definition.
The Big Purple Dinosaur Promise
I was sent the following by a brother pastor. It was used at the Call service at St. Louis. He thinks it was driven by the candidates not the faculty. If so they’re probably not ready for their first Calls.
It’s the Opposite of the Wizard of Oz
The ears of the people are often holier than the lips of the priests said either St. Hilary or St. Bernadine or both, but just as often are their lips smarter. It started with an incomplete digression of mine concerning … Continue reading