I had always wanted to be a writer, practically from the first time I learned that one could take those letters we were being taught and shape them into words, which could be gathered together into sentences with which to create stories someone would want to read. So I wrote and I wrote and I… Read more »
Posts By: Sam White
Real Life Volcanic Eruption Kills Everyone – Details at 11
The San Andreas fault. Mount St. Helens. The entirety of the Pacific Rim. You don’t have to look very far to see stories of pending alarm about forthcoming earthquakes and/or volcanos. Heck, even Oklahoma is being beset by earthquakes (which may or may not be related to fracking, depending on who is telling the tale)…. Read more »
Why I Prefer the Prequels to Episode 7
OK, I know my title is already causing some readers to object and/or question my sanity. I realized that when I wrote it. I didn’t want to write some cutesy blog where-in I bury the lead somewhere near the bottom. So, just in case there’s some doubt, let me assure you that: –yes, I really… Read more »
Can There Be “Christian Science Fiction”?
The old trope says there’s no such thing as a dumb question, but obviously that’s not true. Questions like the above and “Will government intervention actually lower the cost of college (or anything)?” are patently stupid questions. Yet, we ask them often, mainly in the hopes of starting an argument. I mean, that has to… Read more »
What Was the “Reason for the Season”, Again?
Fill in the blank, “__________ is the reason for the season.” We’ve been conditioned by lapel pins, T-shirts and bumper stickers to say that “Jesus is the reason for the season.” But what if that’s wrong? Now, it came about because people who celebrate Christmas as the birth of Christ perceived that the holiday was… Read more »
If Your Church Went Away
I have gotten in the past an advertisement that begins with a question like, “What if your church went away, would anyone notice?” The implication is that my church is so inconsequential that no one would. Therefore, I need to buy their product (or program or whatever) which will revitalize my church so that my… Read more »
Hymns vs. Choruses
(or, how about a good old-fashioned Gregorian chant?) “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” ~Sir Isaac Newton Or, possibly, Sir Fig Newton. Or maybe Jimmy Neutron. Anyway, someone said it and life since then tells us they were either very right or highly… Read more »
Is the Church Relevant
The little churches are declining. The big churches are, often, getting bigger. Now, in the little churches, we often complain that we’re getting smaller because the big churches are getting bigger. But I’ve looked at the numbers—at least in our town and other towns I’ve been in—and the statement doesn’t hold true. Yes, the little… Read more »
Will Our Pets Go to Heaven
A friend of mine here in town, we’ll call him Ted, doesn’t go to church anymore. He never went often, but he was going sporadically there for a little while. Then—for some reason and I have no idea how it even came up in conversation—the preacher at the church where Ted was going told him… Read more »
Evolutionary Sin
The citizens of Springfield overwhelmingly voted to allow gambling in their city, but before the vote could be final, everyone in the hall turned to Marge because she seemed the person most likely to throw a wet blanket on the idea. Marge stood up and said, “Once society declares something to be OK, it’s no… Read more »