Faith
Devotionals and interviews
MEN OF VALUE INTERVIEW : LARRY SASSOROSSI By James Riordan
Larry Sassorossi has spent his life in community service. His occupations, his church work, and his volunteer efforts have all centered around helping his fellow man. “I was taught to give back,” he said in our recent interview. “We had a very active community in Highland Park where I grew
Devotional 18th: Red Cups, Hobbies, Chicken Sandwiches, and Other Battles
There has been a lot of things in the past several years to get men of Judeo-Christian values upset. I am not making light of ANY of them. God bless America and you have the right to be upset. One might even say if you are not upset then you
On Monopolies of Reason and Love
Many atheists think that they are the modern-day priests of reason and science. They think in any argument regarding religious issues, they are always on the side of reason and science and wholly untainted by any faith or fuzzy logic. Also, many people of belief see themselves as the sole
Devotional Nov. 4th: HOPE and SELL are Four-Lettered Words
You may have noticed from my other devotional/blogs that I tend to hammer salespeople. That is mainly because I have a lot of experience in sales, especially phone sales, inside sales, and telemarketing. Let me tell you, there is a lot of pressure in sales to make your numbers. You
Devotional October 28: The Horror…The Horror…
Growing up, I was always in denial about horror movies. I loved to hate them! But then when I got older and I got into writing and acting I discovered something big, horror movies are F-U-N! You see, no matter how scary they are on the screen, everyone behind the
MEN OF VALUE INTERVIEW: Tom Canale
MEN OF VALUE : TOM CANALE by James Riordan For an update on Tom: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/community/chi-ugc-article-elmhursts-canale-honored-for-extraordinary-v-2015-04-20-story.html Tom Canale is more than just a financial advisor. He is someone who helps people plan for their future. If he does his job well he brings happiness and security into lives where there
MEN OF VALUE INTERVIEW: Walt Alexander by James Riordan
Walt Alexander puts himself on the line for his beliefs. The fact that he founded this magazine is an excellent example of this, but there are many others aspects of this in his life as well. “When you study scripture, you can’t help but recognize that many of the people
Devotional September 7: Cosmik Debris and Wasting Time
Several weeks ago, I went to see Dweezil Zappa at his Zappa Plays Zappa show. I actually had never heard any of Frank Zappa’s music before. And there were some songs I liked but most of them were just, “okay”. Certainly Dweezil is a very very talented guitar player. Though
MEN OF VALUE INTERVIEW : MICHAEL O. SAJBEL by James Riordan
Michael O. Sajbel is a motion picture writer and director. His most recent released films are The Ultimate Gift starring James Garner, Brian Dennehy and Abigail Breslin which was released theatrically by Twentieth Century-Fox and was one of the top selling family drama DVD’s of 2009/2010 and One Night With
Devotional September 22nd: See Me, Feel Me. Touch Me, Heal Me.
You may recognize the line above from the film, Tommy by the Who. You may also assume that this is another attempt to put a movie or something into my devotional/blog. However, I have never seen the movie, Tommy. I am familiar with the quasi-religious theme of it, though. This