Author: modernstoriesoftheway

“The Restoration of Community” January 17, 2021 I was in the Bernadine Center at the St Francis Hospital this week.  I work in this hospital system and this past Wednesday I was given the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.  Medical literature reports two doses give from 94-95% immunity to the Covid-19 virus, which should [...]

“All Flesh Shall See the Salvation of God” January 10, 2021                 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, while Annas and Ciaphas were [...]

“Angry Men” January 3, 2021 I was riding home yesterday coming from Home Depot, where I picked up 5 boards I needed to complete a storage project.  Riding home, minding my own business, a red truck driven by an apparently angry man came behind me with an American flag placed in the back of his [...]

“Parting Thoughts” The end of the year of our Lord 2020 cannot come too soon!  This is the year “we would like to forget but will long remember," as I heard a narrator say on NBC tonight, closing out the old year.  Are there any words to adequately express what any one of us feels [...]

“The Makings of a Coup” December 12, 2020 A “coup” is defined as “a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government” (Dictionary)          The US Supreme Court battled down a legal challenge to the Democrat’s win in the state of Arizona with a terse, one sentence “application denied” order.    (by Anthony Zurcher, [...]

“Chaos and Healing the State of the Union” November 29, 2020 Remember Aaron Van Langewelde, a Republican, and member of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, charged with certifying Michigan’s election results, which made official Joe Biden’s win over President Donald Trump.  Biden beat Trump by 154,000 votes in Michigan.  Van Langewelde is one common [...]

A Meditation Upon Our Nation October 3, 2020 President Trump and Melania tested positive ( +) yesterday for Covid-19.  Hope Hicks, his personal assistant tested positive (+) a few days earlier.  Some say the President knew she was positive but did rallies anyway, even though he had been exposed.  In any case, he developed fever, [...]

“Corruption, Corruption” June 23, 2020 Having been silent these many days, it is now time that I say something more, owing to the fact that the general state of affairs of this nation and its current administration is going from bad, to very bad and now even worse than that; it is becoming obvious that [...]

“God’s Promised Presence” May 24, 2020 As we remember the many who have died supporting the cause of liberty and democracy in our young nation, as many have died to grant our freedoms of worship and democratic life, we pause to give thanks not only for these men and women but also for the Presence [...]

“A New Day?” (May 18, 2020) Across the USA our states are re-opening from the Covid-19 virus lockdown. The doors have been flung wide by our respective governors and our so-called President and it is time for the USA to “get back to work!” This is, of course, a serious issue. Families across our nation [...]