Riddleblog and Blessed Hope Podcast Updates:
Since the current Blessed Hope Podcast series on 1 Corinthians has but one more episode to record, a word about the future schedule for the Blessed Hope Pod. I’ll be taking a break to work on a book project, before picking back up with 2 Corinthians—one of the most overlooked but profound letters in the New Testament. Then, Lord willing, it is on to Romans!
I’m trying to make access to resources easier, so here’s a new Riddleblog page with collected Pauline Studies and Resources. I’ll be adding to it regularly, so check back.
Thinking Out Loud:
Corey Booker probably should not have watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. All his 25 hour filibuster stunt accomplished was a sleepless night and hoarseness. Voters are sick of stunts and performative politics. Good thing there are no preaching filibusters. Too many preachers think the longer the sermon, the better. I’ll bet several could go 25 hours like Booker.
Love the torpedo bat! But it is not new however. Several hitters used them last year and they’ve been used in Spring training and minor league games. The Yankees have been hitting a ton of home runs to start the season, but that might be because half the Milwaukee Brewers pitching staff was on the DL, and their replacements (in their first three games against the Yanks), let me say it kindly, stunk.
People who put up the decorative ten foot tall plastic skeletons in their yards for Halloween, might want to take them down soon after. We’ve still got several standing in our neighborhood. Putting a Santa hat on the skeleton, was clever when left up through Christmas (the first year), but still doesn’t let you off the hook for being too lazy to take it down over a year later.
Just tried the new Chick-Fil-A Roadhouse BBQ chicken sandwich. It was really good!
There was a Joe Biden sighting recently. I can’t help but wonder if in his lucid moments he misses being president. Dr. Jill, on the other hand, probably misses being president in all her lucid moments.
No surprises in the recent JFK files dump. The CIA was up to no good in Cuba, presidential historian Arthur Schlesinger warned JFK about the CIA’s growing influence in Washington, the CIA had a file on Oswald since he was Marine who defected to the Soviet Union, and JFK didn’t like Mossad or the fact that Israel was building an atomic weapon. But no evidence has surfaced which raises any doubt whatsoever about Oswald being the lone gunman and the assassin of JFK.
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