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Saturday (10.29.05) 'trick or treat?' What a "treat" to be able to babysit our little "punkin," Hannah Elizabeth, one or two days a week! (She's now six-months old.) The "trick" is to enjoy each moment as she quickly ages at 60 minutes per hour. - Being a 'grandpa' - Faith is one tough mother - The Papoose-Driven Life - Hannah's very first picture - Hannah at birth - Hannah at two months - Hannah at four months - Hannah at six months (larger pic) - Hannah 'trick or treat' Friday (10.28.05 5:00 pm EST) this just in: Watkins wrong, film at 11:00! Okay, my being wrong is not exactly a news flash, but I do want to be known as a credible source. So, when alert reader Duane Coller pointed out that I slightly distorted Bill Gothard's hammer-chisel-diamond illustration of family roles, I immediately added a clarification to my article on women's rights. - Click here for clarification Friday (10.28.05) Green Day to release 'Bullet in a Bible' Popular alternative rockers "Green Day" are set to release their new CD November 15. Meanwhile, MTV is giving heavy airplay to their video "Jesus in Suburbia" which includes these lyrics: Everyone's so full of s--- Born and raised by hypocrites Hearts recycled but never saved From the cradle to the grave We are the kids of war and peace From Anaheim to the Middle East We are the stories and disciples of The Jesus of suburbia Critics (and sometimes even rock stars) are the unpaid guardians of our souls, so it may be good to ask . . . - Am I a disciple of the "Jesus of suburbia" or Scripture? - Am I living a "Christian" lifestyle? - Am I "recycled" or "saved"? Thursday (10.27.05) civil rights not about color, gender, religion . . . First, my respects to Rosa Parks (1913-2005), the black woman who refused to give her bus seat to a white man, and in so doing sparked the civil rights movement. Second, Doug TenNapel makes an excellent point that "Civil rights are not black rights, they are human rights. Blacks are human, and that's what gives them civil rights. Bears are black and get no such rights." That's why this conservative evangelical Christian supports gay rights, womens rights, . . . - Children's rights - Gay rights - Human rights - Humor columnists' rights - Prisoners' rights - Unborn rights - Women's rights Wednesday (10.26.05) should Christians celebrate Halloween? Google "Should Christians celebrate Halloween" and you'll find around 1,000 sites with everything from "it's completely harmless" to "it's completely hellish." - Here's a 1,001 site that's somewhere in the middle - All those google.com sites Tuesday (10.25.05) Rice finds power in the blood Best-selling author Anne Rice has spent twenty-five years writing about vampires, witches, and under her pen name, A. N. Roquelaure, sado-masochistic sex. So it's a truly supernatural transformation that her next book is Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. After losing her husband to a brain tumor and almost dying herself in two life-threatening illnesses, the queen of cultism, writes in the afterword, "I was in despair." She calls Christ "the ultimate supernatural hero . . . the ultimate immortal of them all." After returning to her Catholic roots, she writes, "I promised that from now on I would write only for the Lord." - Rice's transformation (from Newsweek) - Christ, the "ultimate superhero" Monday (10.24.05) demons, ghosts, psychics, witches, and more . . . It's our annual Halloween look at all things creepy - Are demons, exorcisms real? - Are there really ghosts? - Can you talk to the dead? - Harry Potter: the good, the bad, the muggly - Knocking Nostradamus: 'Swami Watkins' tells all! - Psychic secrets revealed! - Top ten reasons Halloween is a strange holiday - The Why Files: My latest book on the supernatural Last week (10.16- ) demons, lemons, omens . . . . . . my writers' conference schedule, www.bushfish.org, and more - Click here But wait, there's more . . . enjoy 300 articles, book excerpts, humor . . . archives book reviews comedy/drama devotions ecards Espanol forums health holidays humor issues kid's page love and sex media music parenting polls quotations spirituality top ten lists travel writing tips more Read a book excerpt, then go to amazon.com and buy them for yourself, family, friends, co-workers, next door neighbor, paperboy, dentist, pastor, . . . and now a word from our sponsor . . . Thanks for stopping by! 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