At the “Hour of Power,” this evening, Richard Chavaria struck up a conversation with a couple of girls. One said, “I don’t believe in Heaven and Hell. I believe in revolution.” Her friend stifled a giggle and corrected her, “You mean evolution.” “Oh, yeah.”
This is Beiddie, a cashier at the Museum of Natural History. I asked him about his name and he said that his “Parents had a thing for double vowels and consonants.” I asked him where he would go when he died. “I’ll have a drink. A martini in Heaven and a hot buttered rum in
Last week I said that a certain author’s article bugged me. Here’s what I wrote: Mike Bechtle, author of “Evangelism for the Rest of Us: Sharing Christ Within Your Personality Style,” has written an article that I’d like you to read and comment on. I’ll let you know my thoughts next week but here’s a hint: I’m totally bugged by the title, “Evangelism for the Rest of Us…” Why? Click here to read the article.
Now here are my comments— First the title: “Evangelism for the Rest of Us.” If you read the back cover of his book, it says, “Witnessing to strangers is fine for extroverts. But what about the rest of us?” This suggests that strangers can only be witnessed to by extroverts! Baloney!
I interrupted a small raffle at the Farmer’s Market today. Well, it wasn’t really an interruption; I just saw a bunch of people waiting around for their numbers to be drawn so I gave them something to read while they were waiting—million dollar bill gospel tracts. Anytime I see a crowd I hand them out.
Famous Lost Words: Jody Foster
Q. Where does Jodie Foster stand in the debate between science and faith?
A. I absolutely believe what Ellie believes – that there is no direct evidence, so how could you ask me to believe in God when there’s absolutely no evidence that I can see? I do believe in the beauty and the awe-inspiring mystery of the science that’s out there that we haven’t discovered yet, that there are scientific explanations for phenomena that we call mystical because we don’t know any better. From the Georgia Straight Interview with Jodie Foster by Dan McLeod, July 10-17, 1997; page 43.
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