Everybody loves Him! The toothless Jesus. Colorless, odorless and bland. The eternal babe in the manger. Doe-eyed, undemanding and soft. New-Age Jesus. Effeminate. Aquarian. The kind of Jesus everyone wants and everyone loves. Non-threatening and fat-free. The Jesus who never existed. I took up the challenge my Pastor gave to the congregation at the end
I’m continuing to work on my relationship with Andy, the manager at Chong’s next to Hope Chapel… (To get the background on this story read #38, #39 and #40) This is what happened a few weeks ago: I went into Chong’s after missing a week and saw three, count ‘em, three guys standing behind the
I grabbed my five-gallon container and brought it over to the Crystal Water vending machine. After checking to see when it was last serviced, I wondered if the date was really truthful and tried not to think of the bacteria factor. Another man was doing the same thing. I doubt that he was thinking whether
This has never happened to me. I could hardly believe it. God still works miracles… As I sat in my van at Valvoline Instant Oil Change, Sonie the service writer asked, “How are you today?” “I’m thankful. Are you?” “Me?” she asked with surprise, “For what?” “I don’t know, is there anything you are thankful
Just who is that “Jesus Guy” with the “Jesus Truck” festooned with old Christmas tinsel and a million Jesus signs? And why does he leave his similarly decorated “Jesus Bike” in front of a parking lot in South Redondo for all to see? At Trader Joe’s I asked the checker, Skye, about him… “You mean