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Tag Archives: Johnny’s Cafe
The frequently overlooked significance of birthdays
First of all, a great big THANK YOU to all of you who have flooded Marti with well wishes and birthday greetings. If she hasn’t gotten to yours yet, it’s simply because she is overwhelmed. She told me it … Continue reading
Today’s the day
Today is a day like no other. It’s a turnaround day — a one-of-a-kind day, a picture day, a stop-the-presses day, a balloon day, a strike-up-the-band day. It’s a make-her-feel-like-a-million-bucks day. It’s Marti Fischer’s birthday, for heaven’s sake! Born on … Continue reading
Dig rock ’n’ roll or dig your own grave
There’s one more insight to be gained from the concert Marti and I attended last weekend (see Monday’s Catch: “I Dig Rock ’n’ Roll Music”). I had mentioned how it was a tour through the music from 1962 – 1975 … Continue reading
Busy bee
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! Proverbs 6:6 If the Bible tells me to study an ant in order to learn something about being wise, I’m sure I can learn pretty much the same … Continue reading
I Dig Rock ’n’ Roll Music
z Saturday night Marti and I attended a theater/concert event at our local playhouse entitled I Dig Rock ’n’ Roll Music: A Celebration of Folk-rock Then and Now. It was basically a musical guided tour through the years 1962 – … Continue reading
Back to RJ’s Cafe
So I’m back at RJ’s Cafe (my Johnny’s). Got here in time for my favorite booth. Only three tables are taken right now. There’s a family with two young kids starting a birthday off with breakfast at RJ’s. A heavy-set … Continue reading
Don’t judge; join
Don’t go to Johnny’s Cafe as a missionary to the lost; go as the lost. If the heart of God is with the lost, where does that leave those who aren’t lost? What about them? What about those 99 other … Continue reading
The focus of the Father
Now if Jesus were here I think we’d find Him today Down at Johnny’s Cafe. This, of course, is the punchline of the song, and the whole point of it. Get yourself down to Johnny’s Cafe because that’s where the … Continue reading
Here’s to the notorious sinners
Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them! Luke 15:1-7 What a ragtag, motley, … Continue reading
Coming out of cultural isolation
If you’ve got nothin’ to say to folks at Johnny’s Cafe You’ve got nothin’ to say at all Having nothing to say to the folks down at Johnny’s Cafe has more to do with whether we want to say something … Continue reading
John Fischer The Catch 