For nearly 1,000 years, much of mankind embraced the Ptolemaic or “geocentric” view of the solar system: namely that the earth was at the center, and the sun, moon, stars and planets orbited around it. By the late sixteenth century, however, this belief was replaced by the “heliocentric” model of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler, which […]
Read more "GOD’S JOB: Reign | OUR JOB: Serve"Several years ago, my teenage daughter boasted to me about the large number of “friends” she had on Facebook – people who “liked” her. But when she went through a particularly difficult trial a few months later, virtually all her friends were nowhere to be found. She learned the hard way that quality of friendship is vastly […]
Read more "The Cold, Hard Truth About Friendships"I am pleased to announce that Credo House Publishers of Grand Rapids, MI, has just published my new book, God’s Job, Our Job. It is now available on Amazon as a hard copy and in Kindle format. To see more, please visit the site below and share with your friends and family. May this little […]
Read more "God’s Job, Our Job is now in print!"On a rainy Saturday in March 2012, thousands of atheists, agnostics, secular humanists and other assorted non-believers gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC, for the “Reason Rally.” It was a celebration exalting the human mind and the supremacy of mankind, because for the faithful faithless, that’s pretty much all there is. No God. […]
Read more "Praising a Different Kind of God at the Atheist Rally"USAToday Opinion Column By Michael Wm. Schick 12/9/2011 5:16 PM As we head into 2012, Americans will begin to focus on the upcoming election. Much is at stake, of course, and it’s not exactly breaking news that Republicans and Democrats can’t even agree on whether the sun will rise in the morning. The American people, […]
Read more "Congress could learn from Army-Navy game"By Michael Wm. Schick — 11/21/11 10:37 AM ET Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-a-budget/194811-au-revoir-to-noblesse-oblige The contents of this article are © 2011 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. Noblesse oblige isn’t exactly a household term in America. The literal translation from French means “nobility obligates.” That definition may resonate in nations that perpetuate the […]
Read more "Au Revoir to Noblesse Oblige"A new survey recently came out showing that the county in which I live, Fairfax County, Virginia, is the second wealthiest in America (Loudoun, the county next door, came in first). Not surprisingly, about five of the top ten counties listed actually surround the Nation’s Capitol, which is more evidence that many of the folks […]
Read more "Everything Must Go!"No, this isn’t a primer on how to grow a beautiful lawn. It’s a sobering word picture from the Bible about the brevity of our lives. “For God knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.” Psalm 103:14 “What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while […]
Read more "Dust. Mist. Grass."If you are like me, you are insanely busy. Too busy to be reading too many words. So I want to make a commitment that my blog posts will be anything but rambling. Short and sweet. To the point. Bottom line. Cut to the chase. You get the drift. So, watch this page for comments […]
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