Devotionals
Walt Alexander’s series of devotional essays
Frankenstein
I started watching the new Penny Dreadful: City of Angels series on Showtime. I have only seen one episode so far. The great actor, Rory Kinnear played Frankenstein’s monster in the original Penny Dreadful and is seemingly playing a different role in the new one. Rory Kinnear’s Frankenstein inspired me
The Fine Corinthian Leather
Ricardo Montalbon was, in my humble opinion, a great man. Despite years of playing a latin lover in many films, he was married to one woman for 53 years. He was a real actor playing roles as diverse as Khan in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Mr. Rourke on
Tia Carrere and Heavenly Expectations
Sometimes, I think back to high school and my experiences talking about God. Of course, no one is allowed to talk about God in public school, are they? Well as we all know, what is allowed and what happens are often two different things. I remember one experience in particular
Slavery Bad, Hell Worse
I remember several years ago when I volunteered for an organization called BeHIV at Chicago’s Market Days. BeHIV was an organization which supported those with HIV with testing and services. Market Days is another Gay Pride event. I remember seeing a guy parade around shirtless carrying a sign during the
The Last Two Weeks
Wow, the last two weeks in the United States have been disappointing. When I heard that Sleepy Joe was being called, “The President-Elect” I was really upset. So many Christian people had prophesized on TV and other places that Donald Trump was going to win. I had my hopes and
Dependence Day!
I am a former student of the University of Chicago. Actually, what I mean is that I have read a magazine in a Starbucks on the University of Chicago campus. When I was there, I went to the campus bookstore. I was searching for a men’s room and I asked
Men are From Mars, Women, Not so Much
Waaaay back in 1992, John Gray put out a book called Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want From Relationships. For many people, it was a revolutionary book. Many men thought that women think like men do and
This Old Ragged Flag by Johnny Cash
This is not an attempt to equate the Lord with America. America needs the Lord, not the other way around. It has always been this publication’s goal to help people to remember that. Ronald Reagan knew that when he said: “I believe with all my heart that standing up for
The Call to Adventure
I have recently found a Samuel L. Jackson meme that actually made me laugh. It was a meme from Pulp Fiction regarding the, “Mmm-mh now thats a tasty beverage” line from the movie. For some reason, it made me think about another thing that Jules said. He told his partner,
Bullies
I know a lot about bullies. I have had to contend with them all my life. When I was a kid there were two different kids at one bus-stop who regularly picked on me. In Boy Scouts there were bullies. There was one guy named Forest (I would have called