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Author Archives: jwfisch
‘What’s wrong with the world today’
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) As the story goes, The [London] Times once sent out an inquiry to famous authors asking the question “What’s wrong with the world today?” to which author G.K. Chesterton replied: … Continue reading
‘The skin I’m in’
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) “I don’t deny… that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say… it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called … Continue reading
On the road again
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Yesterday was Catch Ministry Day at the ballpark. I figured four people associated with the Catch at a single event was enough to make it official. On my left is … Continue reading
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Beaumont, Banning, Blythe, and the tufted Flycatcher
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Beaumont, Banning and Blythe — kind of has a ring to it, doesn’t it? Beaumont, Banning and Blythe — three towns in California hardly anyone knows about. If you drive … Continue reading
Just-as-if they were you
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah … Continue reading
Justice in everyday life
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) It’s an injustice when where you live determines whether you live. Right here in America there are zip codes in the same city where there can be a difference of as … Continue reading
God, made public
(Click here for a video ofJohn reading today’s Catch.) There can be no debate about this: God is on the side of the poor, the weak, the disenfranchised and the powerless. God is in the business of setting things right. … Continue reading
I think I’m missing something
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) What word appears 130 times in the Old Testament and15 times in the New (used mostly by Jesus) but hardly ever shows up in the language of evangelical Christians? What … Continue reading
America, passing time
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Now that baseball is back, it’s time to make something of the nature of the sport that has given it longevity as “America’s pastime.” First let’s just think about that … Continue reading
A pagan whore in the ancestry
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) There’s a pagan whore in the genealogy of Jesus and a very smart one at that. This was no accident. She was purposely worked into the stories of the lineage … Continue reading