• “Overstuffed Sunday”: Situational Awareness

    It was Christmas Cantata Sunday. The congregation felt the energy of the choir and orchestra guests visiting from a local university. The choir stood on both sides of the church and launched the worship experience with rendition that would give Handel chills. As the pastor processed in to start the service, she didn’t see a…

  • Church of One Stringed Worship

    As you sit in theater seats, preparing for your bulletin and hymnal free worship experience, you see the worship preparations. The drummer sits encased in Plexiglas so as not to offend. Three eight foot LED screens show animated effects of leaves falling and upcoming events. Robotic lights bow in reverent anticipation of the coming worship…

  • Jesus & Speeding Tickets

    At a church in Sedona, the pastor preached that when he drives, he needs Jesus to take over behind the wheel. Because when he drives his anger and frustration emerge. He encouraged the congregation to turn their motor vehicles over to Jesus. In essence, you would become a passenger with Jesus as the divine Cruise…

  • CT Scan

    Received results of a one year followup CT. All clear. Results hinted that one day I might die. I think I need a new prescription.

  • Mexico: Unlikely Hero

    Nathaniel: “Can any good thing come from Nazareth?” – John 1:46 Unlikely Hero – Mexico as haven for affordable US nursing home and long term care for aging Boomers. Costs for care in a nursing home approach $100,000 per year. Crowds rush the Border Wall before completion … as Baby Boomers seek affordable retirement asylum in Mexico! More Boomers deciding to…

  • Student Loans

    The only difference between a payday loan and a for-profit student loan is that you can pay off the payday loan. For-profit schools now offer free housing for their graduates – the poorhouse. For-profit schools offer a cash course in student insolvency.

  • For-Profit Prisons

    For-profit prisons are the modern evolution of a “block chain” gang. To Be Continued … Up Next Abuelo’s Final Sacrifice

  • “Double Indemnity:” How to Visit a Church Like an Insurance Adjuster

    In today’s blog, you will be receive insights in how to visit a church like an insurance adjuster. In my insurance adjusting career handling all sorts of serious claims across the US, one of my favorite reads was Don Winslow’s “California Fire and Life” – “Jack Wade was the rising star of the Orange County…