Tuesday, Jan 20 2009
The Valley of Megiddo in Israel. In Hebrew it is called Har Megiddo, what we know as Armageddon. It is 50 miles long and 50 miles wide. Here is where the Bible says the battle will take place (Zechariah 12:11, Revelation 16:16) between good and evil, between Christ returned and the Antichrist. Christ prevails in [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, Special Event, Travel -- Tags: Israel, Jesus, PoliticsTuesday, Jan 20 2009
The inspiration for this month’s masthead comes from the movie Cast Away (2000) with Tom Hanks. After being stranded on a remote tropical island for five years, convinced that he would die alone on that island, a chunk of plastic from a port-a-potty washed ashore and gave Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks’ character) a sail…and hope. [...]
Categories: Blog, Daily Grind -- Tags: MastheadTuesday, Jan 20 2009
In the last two posts I had mentioned my “back spasms” and then mentioned that my health had been deteriorating throughout December. The “back spasms” and “back discomfort” in fact had little to do with my back. As symptoms progressed – nausea, loss of appetite, exhaustion, weakness, general sick feeling, back pain, itching in hands/feet, [...]
Categories: Health -- Tags: Gall Bladder, MichelleFriday, Jan 16 2009
On Sunday morning, December 7th, I received a concerning phone call about my step-father. (His name is Robert, but decades ago the nickname Ro was given to and seamlessly stuck with him.) Ro was in the ICU with renal failure. The situation looked grim. I was in a sickly state myself, but felt a tug [...]
Categories: Childhood, Daily Grind, Health, Parenthood -- Tags: Death, Family, Michelle