The Almanac

  • Peace in a Pandemic

    After hoards hunted empty shelves for bulk packages of paper products, this one paper product guarantees peace of mind and never runs out of supply – the Bible.

  • Ultramodern Church: Space for Worship

    Contemporary services gravitate to 1990’s Jesus light rock, decibel metered sound and Walmart clad clergy. Worship leaders interpret “improve the service” as sing a tenth chorus while adding a dozen more projection slides. So holds true Jesus teaching, “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes…

  • God’s Continuity Plan – Ephesians Session 2

    Today on Christians Need to Know. Session 2 on Ephesians: Let’s walk together in unity so we can work together as the body of Christ. Does God really call us to build monstrous public venues destined to become the next “Lost City of Z”? Through the Apostle Paul, God shows us the continuity plan for…

  • Teaching for Testing

    If we follow “teaching for testing” to its outcome, we discover in China what all those loss of privacy warnings meant … Engagement monitoring by AI. Real time student brainwave engagement. Cashless society through facial recognition. AI is one jump away from linking human minds into a single consciousness… Coming to a cubicle near you….

  • Church in Place: A response to the coronavirus

    The church in the US is built on a “come and pray” model. With the outbreak of the coronavirus and the aging of the US church population, Pastor Jim discusses the need to build a “Church in Place: Stay and Pray” model that allows church members to stay active in the local church ministry during…

  • The Malaise of PTO Days

    Those who think the US workplace is safe from coronavirus have never sat across the cubicle from a flu stricken coworker out of PTO days. During my years of cubicle exile, my desk has been a magnet to attract loud talkers, big sneezers and “Boy am I sick, but I used all my PTO going…

  • Free Dental

    Bernie’s Medicare for All plan announces “free dental” … using other people’s teeth. I want archaeological teeth from a departed saint … so that everything out of my mouth is a blessing.

  • For Flock’s Sake, Shorten Sermons!

    Pope Francis, on the subject of preaching, said, “How many times have we seen people sleeping during a homily, or chatting among themselves, or outside smoking a cigarette?” When people laughed at the image, Francis said, “It’s true, you all know it … it’s true!” Concluding that line of reflection, Francis said, “Please be brief…

  • High Standards

    Would it be too much to ask Andrew Yang to begin my $1,000 a month … before I vote? I have high standards. They are now up to $1,000.