The Dutch Prime Minister has just survived a no-confidence vote over the accusation that he had lied concerning a conversation about shafting a fellow member of parliament who had been critical of his policies. He claimed that he had not lied but had merely suffered a disastrous lapse in his memory. He did, at least, admit memory failure and that he fell short of perfection.
Lent, Holy Week, Easter Sunday. They all make me think about what great lengths churches go to these days in order to make themselves more familiar, even more relevant in today’s world. My own church tries to make use of available means to share God’s love and cultivate community awareness, such as technology (live-streams and podcast), billboards, newspaper ads, info card displays in local businesses, and even a biweekly column such as this. And if you’ve found our podcast (Fear or Faith?), you know we’re trying to reach out to English-, Spanish-, and Russian-speakers. But I have to say it’s a struggle in this devil-may-care, you-do-you culture where people don’t really know what they’re looking for...or looking for in a church.
Esther, as a child, was a poor little Jewish orphan who had been taken into the home of a Godly cousin named Mordecai. Mordecai lived in Persia (Iran), even though the Temple in Jerusalem had been re-built and many Jews had returned to their homeland.
A Texas Senate committee on Friday passed an elections bill that would tighten the state’s voting rules by limiting extended early voting hours, requiring proof of disability to qualify for mail-in voting and prohibiting drive-thru voting. Senate Bill 7, sponsored by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, is one of Gov. Gregg Abbott’s legislative priorities this session.
A few years ago, Egypt decided to widen and deepen the Suez Canal to allow large container ships to be able to use the facility. They were making $5 billion a year in fees and believed the move would essentially double or triple their income. Well, it hasn't worked out that way. The annual fees are still in the $5 billion range and now they are facing a massive problem.
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