Author: Ron Baker

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Listening to stories around town!

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Recently in a town nearby, a grade school teacher mentioned Adam and Eve to his class.  Now remember, this story takes place in an area where the majority religion is Christianity, to such an extent that when Christian ministers pray in pulbic they are expected to invoke the name of Jesus. 

The response was blankness — no context was available to them.  As though Adam and Eve never existed — either literally or in literature!

And I began to wonder, “where is history without the Bible?”

Just the other day, I overheard a conversation as I walked into a local restaurant.

“So, when is the psychic coming to town?”   The questioner was asking with eagerness, tipped slightly forward on the chair.

Walking home, I began to wonder, “why seek out a psychic when there are plenty of Christians?”

If I keep hearing stories like this, I may soon begin to wonder, “where is God in our society?”  Or has that already been answered?

Hyposcrisy

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I’ve placed a longer quote of this David Miller thought on my theology blog

“Hypocrisy cannot define the instant of its birth.  It is nurtured when silf-interest and God’s interest pass close enough that one deed serves both”

Rick Moranis up for a Grammy?

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Rick is that guy from SCTV and Strange Brew – the funny man who is the quintessential Canuck hoser!

And now he’s doing music!  I ran across an article that alerted me to this newest music craze – the album is country and called the Agoraphobic Cowboy.  You can hear a sample at Rick Moranis’s website (www.rickmoranis.com).

The samples I heard were pure country corn!!

What’s next?

Stephen Harper and the Right Brothers??  Paul Martin and the Left-overs??  Jack Layton and the Back Bench Boys?  Maybe a “separate” album by Gilles Duceppe??

This way up!

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There was an ethnic joke from the ’60’s. A contractor selling a house kept yelling out the window – “Green side up.” The buyers finally enquired as to why. The contractor explained that they were laying sod.

Some days I feel like those sod lay-ers.  No matter how many times I think I have solved a problem, understood the implications, and even realized the consequences — the next day I’m still needing someone to guide me through it once more.

I’m just starting Augustine’s Confessions. I could only hope for his abilities with intellect, leadership, and spiritual acumen. He was one of those who, more often than not, knew which way up the sod was to lay. And when he got it wrong, he flipped over the piece he was working on!  I can see him standing at the window yelling out to those of us who need help — “Green side up!”

Here’s to a good read and the inspiration it will provide!