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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 19, 20148 min read
This week’s simpleton-hero is Navin R. Johnson
For anyone who is familiar with the Steve Martin movie The Jerk, you know it is a rags-to-riches, then riches-to-rags, and then finally a...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 18, 20146 min read
We have met the enemy and he is us
The readings today bring about a need to understand the duality of everything. There are two sides that need to be considered. In...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 17, 20147 min read
Jesus was not a scapegoat
In a dictionary, the word “atonement” is found defined as, “Amends or reparations made for an injury or wrong.” This is specifically...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 16, 20145 min read
Try not to step in the pride pit, it is hell getting that stuff off
It has been said that it is a male trait to not ask for directions, when lost while driving in strange surroundings. It seems as if it...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 15, 20148 min read
Your financial security is not because God has spoken through the profits
In a little while, we will recite the Nicene Creed. Near the end of that affirmation of faith, we will each individually state, in...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 14, 20147 min read
A Good Vineyard Keeps You from Having to Drink the Bad Water
We went on a bus tour of Italy, back in 2008. While in Venice, we learned that the first artesian wells were designed there. Their...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 13, 20146 min read
And God said, “I’ll do the thinnin around here Baba Louie!”
The Egyptians used to prepare their dead pharaohs for an afterlife, which included an embalming process – mummification. In this process,...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 12, 20147 min read
Whisper campaigns that miss the original point
There is a game played that some call “Telephone.” It is also known as “operator,” “grapevine,” “whisper down the alley,” “gossip,”...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 11, 20146 min read
Funny names created through philosophy and empty deceit
What’s in a name? I’m sure you remember the Johnny Cash song A Boy Named Sue. A boy with a girl’s name. That was a made up scenario and...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 10, 20145 min read
The machinery of life is busy, busy, busy
My favorite author is Kurt Vonnegut. He had a way of summing up life simply, while grasping the way life is … satirically. While I like...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 9, 20147 min read
The language of agreements isn’t always clear
The checking account I recently closed was one I held for some time. I opened it way back in 2005, when I first moved here. When I...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 8, 20146 min read
Every Gentile has to bathe sometime
Three weeks ago, Paul told the Galatians, “We are not Gentile sinners.” Today, we meet Naaman, who can be seen as an example of a...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 7, 20146 min read
Before you can walk on God’s carpet, you have to remove your dirty shoes
It is an Asian custom to remove one’s shoes before entering a home. There are various reasons why this is deemed a good practice, but...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 6, 20146 min read
Dying with dignity doesn’t always happen as planned
I am reminded today, from the readings, of a scene from the movie Little Big Man. Dustin Hoffman played the role of Jack Crabb, who had...
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Bus Stop Bob
Sep 5, 20144 min read
When dining with Pharisees, try the teardrops foot washing
Soon after making the move here, I began exploring Dish Network. There are lots of free movies available, for the first three months at...
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