By: Ed Schneider, M.P.Th.

The Devil has got to be absolutely gleeful at the way some of us Christians act as we continually contributing to our own spiritual demise. Why? Because anger is a big problem in the Christian Church.

It’s hard enough to live the life of a growing, loving Christian, but when we add to the difficulty by literally doing the exact opposite of what Christ has called us to do, well, that’s just plain dumb. We must stop ignoring the issue and directly face it’s “cause and effect.”

Every time us “angry folk” persist in hating, separating, oppressing and invalidating another person’s Divine worth, we symbolically “slap God” about the head and shoulders with disrespect and disdain.

Angry people seem to be upset with many things – things like what songs are being sung, who’s teaching in a particular Sunday school class, which preacher is getting too…

Woke to the sound of a small plane overhead
looking out the window, see a banner from the tail
unable to read it’s message, but thought what
a beautiful way to start the day if that banner read
God loves you or Today is the first day of the rest
of your life or something on a positive note that would
start everyones day on a cheery note…..but…sigh
life is what it is we all wake with thoughts swirling
through our heads, bills to pay, jobs to go to, children to feed,
laundry to do, parents to care for. Some will think of their
teminal illness or a loved one that is dying. Some will wake
alone having lost a spouse of face the loss of a child,
There are a million thoughts and deeds to get through
each day. Isn’t it amazing that we have the ability to face
this…

Only 2 episodes have aired so far.  I liked the 2nd episode better than the first which is to say, I can’t fairly judge this series until I’ve seen more.  I love technology and these geniuses are just an added bonus.  This show has good plots however,  I find the acting a little lacking but acceptable.   Elyes Gabel plays Walter O’Brian, the smartest of a group of through-the-roof geniuses who are hired by the government to hack and solve their way through cases of those like them but with criminal minds.   They are an international network of super-geniuses who are paid a handsome sum to be the last defense against global threats.  I’m happy to see Katherine McPhee has landed in a new series, even though she’s not singing in this one.  She’s playing  the part of Paige Dineen, the mother of a genius 9 year old son and the translator (she interprets technical jargon into laymen terms)  for the group.  This show is so high…

It’s hidden beneath rolling hills, can be reached only via an underground stream, and now it has been named the world’s biggest cave chamber: meet Miao Room.

When a movie has me thinking about it more than 2 days, it’s good. The Equalizer is one of Denzel’s best. For once, the trailer didn’t give away the meat of the film. You could guess at what Denzel’s character, Robert McCall is from the coming attractions, but you’d be wrong. I am not going to give away anything because the element of surprise is what makes this movie so great. I really want to tell all, but I’ll restrain and hold my tongue. I can only say that Mr. McCall was well acted by Denzel Washington and the rest of the cast were equally as good, pun intended. There were so many great scenes in The Equalizer, I literally couldn’t stop reliving them in my mind. Need I say, this film is worth the price of a movie ticket and 2 hours and 11 minutes of your time . If…