Author Archives: jwfisch

Seeing with the eye of the Lord

Posted on February 28, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading today’s Catch.) Today’s Catch comes from a text I received last night from my daughter, Anne, who is an ER doctor in Hawaii and an avid surfer.

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Above the Noise and Strife

Posted on February 25, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Be Thou My Vision is a 365-day devotional book I first published in 1995. It’s a devotional book based on selected lyrics from traditional known and lesser-known hymns. I wrote … Continue reading →

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Testing positive for Grace Turned Outward

Posted on February 23, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) It’s about time. It’s been almost a year since we last published the Grace Turned Outward test. So how ya doin’? Here we go …

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A head start on everybody

Posted on February 22, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) With the country split in half and everyone getting meaner, what an opportunity for grace turned outward! We are offering the anti-thesis to everything brewing in society. Wherever you are, … Continue reading →

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Presidents Day thoughts

Posted on February 21, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading today’s Catch.) When you think about President’s Day, it’s easy to picture the President in a place of prestige and power. But it’s really so much more. The President is the ultimate … Continue reading →

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We just might …

Posted on February 17, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) The Jesus Movement that many of us embraced is passé to this century’s generations, the generations those over 57 are responsible for. Those of us over 57 can recall as … Continue reading →

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Playing from victory

Posted on February 15, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) “You play from victory, not for victory.” Cooper Kupp, Super Bowl LVI MVP I had to think about it for a while to make sure I heard him correctly. Yes, … Continue reading →

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What you don’t know about Super Bowl XXVII

Posted on February 11, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) The year was 1993. It was Super Bowl XXVII in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. And the halftime show was the first time the whole show featured one performer, … Continue reading →

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Go Rams? No. Go Lewis!

Posted on February 10, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) “The Rams are back, the Super Bowl is back, and The Great Lewis Lazarus never left.” So goes the last sentence of an article in the Los Angeles Times today … Continue reading →

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The Bengals versus Matthew Stafford

Posted on February 9, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Randall Balmer, our BlogTalkRadio guest last night, is rooting for the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl on Sunday. Not because he is a Rams fan, but because he … Continue reading →

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