Pastor Glenn McDonald: Amateur Hour
Only experts can be trusted to create an encyclopedia. That’s been the prevailing view ever since the Gutenberg printing press put...
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George Fritsma
- 3 days ago
- 5 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Q & A with Glenn
Today’s post is a bit different. Once a year I pause to address some of the questions I hear most often from readers. How did the...
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George Fritsma
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: A Planetary Parade
If you’re willing to walk outside early in the morning during the next two weeks, you’ll be treated to an other-worldly show. Four of...
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George Fritsma
- 6 days ago
- 4 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: History-Changing Grace
My father, who was a member of the Greatest Generation, found it hard to fathom that all three of his sons would choose to drive...
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George Fritsma
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Leaf by Niggle
J.R.R. Tolkien was about 50 years old when he had an almost paralyzing experience of writer's block. He was working on The Lord of the...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Shouts and Whispers
Sir Isaac Newton was one smart guy. That is a supreme understatement. Until another genius, Albert Einstein, introduced humanity to...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 29
- 3 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Deadliest Catch
“You’ve gotta ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?” Clint Eastwood’s iconic words to a cornered armed...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 28
- 3 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Agnes' Birthday Party
T ony Campolo , Baptist pastor and professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern College in Philadelphia, is one of America’s celebrated...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 27
- 4 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Monster Mash
On a rain-drenched night in June 1816, an odd group of friends helped shape two of the most enduring horror characters of all time. The...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 26
- 6 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Horse Sense
Since Mary Sue and I live on a small farm and have the privilege of tending four rescued horses (three “wild” mustangs and one...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 23
- 2 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: The Greatest of All Time
Ramses II was the most magnificent of all the Egyptian pharaohs. After taking the throne in 1279 B.C., he lived to be 90 and ruled for...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 22
- 3 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: A Life-Giving Spring
Certain animals look as if they could only have sprung from the imagination of Doctor Seuss. One of those is the gerenuk antelope, a...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 21
- 4 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Desperate for God
When Michael Jordan announced the first of what would ultimately be his three retirements from the NBA, Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 20
- 3 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: The Treasure We Seek
Most people fantasize, from time to time, what it might be like to be the richest person on earth. What if we could buy anything a...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 19
- 6 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: A Life That Never Ends
So, you want to live forever? Most people do, you know. “Our frantic efforts to outlive ourselves” have been primary shapers of...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Shaken
On November 1, 1755, the citizens of Lisbon, Portugal were crowded into churches. They were celebrating All Saints Day. At 9:40 am the...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 15
- 2 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: From Intimacy to Outimacy
Eat and Get Out. That’s the slogan at Ed Debevic’s, which since 1984 has been one of Chicago’s iconic restaurants. Ed’s is a not a...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 14
- 4 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: True Love
Last week I had a great adventure with a special 13-year-old. As each of our nine grandchildren crosses the threshold into their teens,...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 13
- 2 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Redeemed
In 1896 a company named Sperry & Hutchinson came up with a brilliant idea. They began to sell green-colored stamps to retailers –...
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George Fritsma
- Aug 12
- 3 min
Pastor Glenn McDonald: Playing Possum
If you live somewhere in the United States, you don’t have to join a safari or head to an exotic locale to come face to face with an...
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