... but were isolated. In other words, as Pastor John Ortberg quips, it is better to eat Twinkies with good friends than to eat broccoli alone. Harvard researcher Robert Putnam notes that if you belong to no groups but decide to join one, “you cut your risk of ... that I’m advocating severing a marriage relationship. I’m not. But, of course, not even every marriage is made in heaven. Barbara Brown Taylor tells a story about a woman who was already dying of cancer when her husband suddenly dropped dead of a ...
... be informed on everything from Jimmy Carter's hemorrhoids; to Ronald Reagan's colon; to George Bush's hatred for broccoli; to Bill Clinton's haircuts. We get frustrated because though journalists and fortune-tellers and lawmakers operate by that policy, ... God works all things out together for the good of those who love Him." (Rom. 8:28) As many of you know, Barbara Olson, the former federal prosecutor and tv commentator, married to Solicitor General Ted Olson, called her husband twice in the final minutes of ...
... danger. We discovered something a year or so ago that I think will be healthy for us in the long run. We discovered that Barbara Streisand was right 25 years ago when she sang, “People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.” There is a ... hope increased the odds of death by more than 300% leading John Ortberg to say, “It’s better to eat Twinkies in hope than broccoli in despair.” Hope is the Church’s business. You see, we are people of hope because we know the final score. We know ...
