CrossTalk – On the Web with Randy

I’m rather embarrassed. Yesterday I was sort of overwhelmed. I took my wife out to breakfast so I could relax with my best friend instead of thinking about the array of pressing demands. I told her that when I grow up I want to be sock monkey. Sock monkeys are cute. They have no obligations. [...]

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Are you making a living or making a difference? Tough question?  You know it doesn’t need to be one or the other.  If one is decidedly attempting to live redemptively, one can make a difference while making a living.  In my view, that is the most viable manner for a Christian to make a life! [...]

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Please know that as we face the close of this year, I feel an emboldened confidence and a renewed vigor to enter 2010 in an overcoming faith with our friends, family, and partners.  We love you all very much!  We are only separated by geography.  Space is much easier to overcome than philosophy. Perhaps I [...]

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As a result of a few Facebook comments to my post. This short message is added to clarify my thoughts on the film. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. It seems to me that Jews, Christians, Muslims, and any monotheistic folks would be insulted by the premise that faith is a lie and God was invented by a desperate man [...]

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I am preparing to leave for Kol Nidre services as it is the evening of Yom Kippur. But I felt obliged to answer some of my email first. This one about Christmas trees got my attention.  George (not his real name) lives in a blended family and he had several questions.  Part of our communication [...]

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