In 2003, when I was a neophyte believer in Nostradamus, I volunteered to speak about my findings on the prophet’s work to an organized group of “skeptics.” The definition of “skeptic” has to be understood as including the definition: “A person who questions the validity, authenticity, or truth of something purporting to be factual, esp. religion or religious tenets.”  This means any group of skeptics will always include atheists. After my presentation was completed and during

The readings today place a focus on faith. In David’s poem, The Song of the Bow, we see how Saul and Jonathan died because their faith was placed more on their abilities as leaders of warriors, than a faith that followed the commands of God. Of that level of faith, David repeated the lyric, “How the mighty have fallen!” That song was ordered to be placed in the Book of Jashar … meaning the Book of What is Right … What is Just … What is Upright. Their deaths were not mistakes,

In the story we read today from 1 Samuel, where the Israelites went to him and asked God to give them a king … to be like other nations … we see how God granted their wish. From the ancient Chinese proverb that Judge Ito used to quote during the O.J. trial: “Be careful what you wish for … you just might get it.” God gave Samuel a “laundry list” of commands, which focuses on what serving a human king entailed for the Israelites. By then, none of the Israelites had ever breathe

In this Lenten period, we are now at the 5th Sunday.  We have reached the 33rd day of our 40-day soul searching, to find Christ within us.  We seek to find the Holy Spirit of God making each of us more than just flesh and bones covered with skin. The number 33 is a Master Number, according to Numerology.  As such, it can be seen as a Trinity (3) times eleven (33).  Thus, the 33rd day, or the 33rd year, is a most Spiritual time.  It symbolically reflects a time for understandi