Faith
Devotionals and interviews

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

Devotional 9/15: Reflections on an American Rebel, Kim Davis
I realized that the media has buried the story (now that she was released from jail) but Kim Davis’ story was really significant to me. You are familiar with the story, right? If not, you can read all about it here. I know it was significant for a lot of

MEN OF VALUE INTERVIEW: NATHAN MURRAY by James Riordan
The name Mancow has long been associated with the wild and bizarre, befitting the reputation of the hugely successful Shock Jock and Television personality. But anyone who has actually listened to Mancow’s Morning Madhouse knows that the views the host expresses are mostly biblical. They may be expressed in

Devotional Sept. 9th: I am Mad as Hell and I Won’t Take it Anymore!
(Alternate Title: WHERE THE %$!%#@ ARE MY KEYS?????) We are typing along and something happens and we lose a lot of work. We are driving along and realize that we forgot something back at home. We do not read an email closely enough about a cancellation, a postponement, something like

MEN OF VALUE INTERVIEW: JAMES RIORDAN by Levi Storm
Interview: James Riordan is the author of thirty-three books, including the New York Times Bestseller, Break on Through: The Life & Death of Jim Morrison which was one of the primary sources for Oliver Stone’s epic film, The Doors. Riordan also wrote Stone’s biography, Stone: The Controversies, Excesses &

Devotional 8/12: Enuff Z’ Nuff
When people get to college they act very strangely. This is especially true at Christian colleges. I know of a guy who, when he got to college, became an athlete. I think he was a moderate one before college but when he got there he just went crazy. He was