Two for Tuesday

We used to have a saying at one fo the radio stations that I was an announcer at; and that was “It’s Two for Tuesday…we’re playing TWO songs from your favorite artists ALL day long!”

Whatever happened to that concept? What’s happened to the days when live “disc jockeys” ruled the airwaves every single day, and radio had a personality?

Sad to say, satellite-fed stations are now the norm in smaller towns, and those glory-seeking local voices have become just distant memories.

Been thinking about that subject and I think I’ll touch on that in this month’s column for the Linn County Leader.

A Rainy Saturday…

in northern Missouri; one that makes you just want to crawl up underneath the covers and go to sleep.

Yeah, one of those days.

Not much happening around these parts for the weekend. Just relaxing, chilling, and doing some paperwork for the bakery plans. Have to work on my column for the paper this week, and redesign the SOD Ministry website. Been putting that off for too long and with Jeannie and I having several places set to sing at, it’s high time I got things done.

Things to ponder: the distant thumping of war drums from the Palestinians and the Chinese government; the callousness of people in today’s world who just seem to be looking out for themselves and not for the Kingdom of God and the salvation of souls; and the general downtrodden condition of society.

Why is it like this? Basically because we’ve allowed it to become so sad; there is no one to blame but ourselves. I can remember back in the 60’s and 70’s, when things were much simpler and the world didn’t seem to be so foreboding and, in a word, “scary.” Small towns were just that–small and friendly and welcoming. We still have that in Marceline, but I can see parts of the big city life creeping in to the rural Midwest.

I thank God that I live here, though, because this is part of the Bible Belt; where going to church feels like meeting with family and friends; where your pastor knows everyone by name and the sermons are Spirit-filled and one can actually glean the message that God is telling us in “nuggets of Truth.” Even though we may lag behind the rest of the country in technologies and in “worldly” things, we feel that we are blessed by having a special closeness to friends, family, and the Lord.

Now don’t get me wrong; I am not saying that there aren’t people in the metro areas who aren’t this way also; but it just seems that life there is too rushed and too self-consuming. It’s always about how far we can advance our lives to be at the top of the food chain instead of letting God come first.

Oprah “Freys” The Book Club Writer

In a recent post, I foretold that things were going to get ugly concerning James Frey and his lack of remorse concerning the untruths he told in his book, “A Million Little Pieces.”

Well, it’s officially ugly now.

Oprah confronted Frey on a LIVE show today, asking him how he could basically dupe her and millions of others who read his supposedly “true” raw and poignant tale of drug addiction. She was at times both visibly angry, and in tears.

Come to find out, James Frey lied. About his past; his stint in a prison; his “bad attitude” image. Pretty much everything.

As her way of disassociating herself with Frey, Winfrey apologized to her viewers immediately on the show, and said that her phone call defense of the author on the Larry King Show was wrong, and that she was misled by his entire story.

The Smoking Gun revealed Frey’s fictional story a few weeks back. When asked about what they wrote, Frey stated, “Most of what they wrote is pretty accurate.”

Wow. What a reversal. On Winfrey’s part, on James Frey’s part.

As always, the truth comes out. One way or another, God sees to that. It’s a shame that Frey thought he could make tons of money and gain fame by lying; but satan has a habit of whispering to us and makes us believe his lies in their entirety.

Let’s all pray that James Frey will now come clean with his story, ask for forgiveness, and come to know Jesus as his personal Savior.