Ted Turner 05072026
I met Ted Turner in 1977 on “mattress night” at an Atlanta Braves baseball game. Fraternities got discount tickets to fill some of the thousands of empty seats. Frat boys competed by piling the most brothers on a mattress. Sigma Chi of Emory didn’t “go to the mattresses” but 20 of us went to the game. Phil Niekro (whose solo talent demonstrated there is no “I” in baseball) wasn’t pitching. We wandered the stadium during a boring—losing…
Eli Naranja 04252026
A news story entitled “Holy Heist” from 4-16-26 inspired me to wake up with this parable…. Eli Naranja found such success playing a preacher on TV that a church hired him as their minister. Divisions erupted over Eli. Many pointed to past unethical practices and allegations of abuse; he fails at pastoral care. Others said his wealthy friends were growing the church; he gives such rousing sermons. Soon those with open eyes narrowly voted to call another…
Jules or Jesus? 04-20-2026
Number 3 of God’s top ten is “do not use God’s name in vain”. That doesn’t mean cussing when you’re 5. “In vain” is using God’s seal of approval to justify what God is against. Pope Leo 14th summed it up: “Woe to those who manipulate religion in the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth”. On the other hand, Franklin Graham grows…
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