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Acts 20As a boy I always enjoyed slide shows. These were family affairs during visits to the grandparents after dinner and homemade sour cherry pie. Mysteries were revealed, accompanied by popcorn and orange Fanta. My parents had existed before I came into the world, indeed, had lived lives separately from one another and had dated …
27 Fanta and Popcorn: REFLECTION, Tuesday, May 26th Read More »
Acts 19Ephesus, among the best preserved of archaeological sites, is a dazzling place to visit, and must have been a fine place to live. St. Paul stayed there a full two-years, holding forth daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus during siesta hours between 11am and 4pm. This meant his hearers would have needed to …
26 Artemis of the Ephesians: REFLECTION, Monday, May 25th Read More »
Acts 18Back in 1976, ABC, when there were only three television networks, aired a game show called ‘Family Feud’ created by Mark Goodson. Two families competed to answer responses to various survey questions, winning cash and prizes. This was low-brow television, and tremendously successful, with three long runs. In 2013, ‘TV Guide’ ranked ‘Family Feud’ …
Acts 17Four centuries prior to St. Paul’s arrival in Athens, the orator Demosthenes chastised his fellow Athenians for their preoccupation with new ideas and intellectual fancies. To Demosthenes way of thinking, the issue of the day was the preservation of democracy as Philip of Macedonia rattled his saber along Greece’s northern border. An inquisitive spirit …
