Michael Ely is a multidimensional artist whose works helped to pioneer and influence the development and performance of several genres of music, from rock to glam, and from punk to psychedelic. Michael performed almost exclusively with the love of his life Spider (James) Taylor, until Spider was taken by liver cancer. Today, despite all of the challenges life has put …
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. – Carl Sagan After reading Four Blood Moons by John Hagee, I found it to be just another end of the world as we know it ‘prophecy’. There has been so many of these predictions that I no longer believe any of them will come true. Or, the information is so vague anything can be …
It appears being busy speeding through life has become a cult in the last few years. Yet, people don’t question themselves on what they’re involved with or why they do the things they do. Stuff like being put on hold over the phone for an undetermined time period. Or stuck in traffic for three hours to drive what normally takes …
By Ron Murdock The church and its numerous denominations resemble advertisers marketing techniques that focus on specific groups. When attending a church service take a look around you to see what kind of crowd is in attendance. Not very often will you see a variety of people. The belief that everything runs in an orderly fashion is pushed out the …
There are times I’ve wondered how many prayers are uttered as a way of coercing God to act in a certain way or sucking up to get what they want like a child at Christmas or on their birthday.Some prayers sound like a person that doesn’t want to get involved with social justice so they can pass the buck along …
I just finished a book written by Gretta Vosper titled ‘With or Without God’. It was an interesting book on how the church overall is suffering from a boxed in mindset that keeps it from being renewed and out of touch of where people are currently at. Most of us are getting skeptical of ready made answers that really don’t …
By Clifford T. Hofferd (Spoilers) Inside Out is a 2015 computer animated film from Pixar Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Pete Doctor the film follows the emotions that live inside out heads. Specifically those of 11 year old Riley who has just moved to San Francisco because of her father’s work. Her emotions (Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and …
