Category Archives: Millennials

Warming up to millennials

Posted on July 29, 2021 by jwfisch

Last night on on BlogTalkRadio we received an excellent primer for understanding millennials from two of our millennial leaders here at the Catch. Deborah Mullan and Elizabeth Shirk answered a number of questions about their peers, such as: What are … Continue reading →

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Signs not shrines

Posted on July 28, 2021 by jwfisch

John, one of our regular readers, went through an experience adjusting to the deaths of his parents while living in the same house he grew up in that they occupied for 45 years. He spoke of similar feelings that I … Continue reading →

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OK in Christ

Posted on March 25, 2021 by jwfisch

As if we needed one more reason to be divided. On top of huge chasms in politics, conservative and liberal philosophies, racial divides, and the ever-widening gulf between the haves and the have-nots, we now have a generational divide fueled … Continue reading →

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‘Stuck in the Middle with You’

Posted on September 1, 2020 by jwfisch

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right Here I am stuck in the middle with you.             – Stealers Wheel Our friend made a comment yesterday that made me laugh. It also … Continue reading →

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The truth about Jesus never gets old

Posted on August 27, 2020 by jwfisch

It hasn’t been since the 1960s that there was so much division and political and social unrest in America, prompting some to speculate that other parallels might exist between then and now. For instance, it was out of the 60s … Continue reading →

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Jesus unscathed

Posted on August 20, 2020 by jwfisch

Some say He was an outlaw, that He roamed across the land With a band of unschooled ruffians and a few old fishermen No one knew just where he came from or exactly what he’d done But they said it … Continue reading →

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‘Close Encounters’ getting closer

Posted on July 7, 2020 by jwfisch

One of our readers sent me this Catch this morning originally posted March 1, 2019. I’m not sure why he did, but I’m glad he did, especially as we are more aggressively building our own church now. So thank you, … Continue reading →

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Church, 2020

Posted on May 21, 2020 by jwfisch

Think about the amount of trust in the Holy Spirit there had to be in the formation of the early church. Especially after the persecution scattered believers all over the region. Groups of believers were springing up everywhere. All of … Continue reading →

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‘Cogito ergo sum’

Posted on February 6, 2020 by jwfisch

I ran into Chandler the other day at the Koffee Klatch — the local coffee hangout in town where I often go to write. Only this wasn’t our Chandler; it was another Chandler; actually the only other Chandler I’ve met … Continue reading →

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‘Pulling out of the station’

Posted on December 12, 2019 by jwfisch

I’m not sure who first said it, but it’s become pretty much of a commonly held belief now that 80 is the new 60. I’ll believe anything that makes me younger. That still seems a little old, but the truth … Continue reading →

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