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Maybe billboard vandals need a splash of their own paint?

By M. Johnston • Jun 30th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Newsflash to Christians who vandalized the atheist billboards: vandalizing is a crime. It is a form of theft. Hence it is sinful. HWJR?
Yeah HWJR is my new slogan for my fellow Christians engaged in acts that Jesus might not approve of . It stands for How Would Jesus Respond (to YOU)?

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Character assasination: Don’t hate the player, hate the game

By M. Johnston • Jun 26th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

The conversation level around the internet is abysmal. Our collective growth  is being stunted and tolerance levels for diversity is spiraling out of control.  But why? What has caused the tone to dive into the depth of the sewer? One of the main reasons is the absence of personal accountability on the net.
I don’t blame [...]

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Easter in the Catholic Church

By M. Johnston • Apr 4th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Last night we attended mass. It was a very special mass because after a year of preparation my wife’s brother was baptized and confirmed into the Catholic church. As we sang and worshiped and celebrated the resurrection of Christ together, I couldn’t help but think about the child molestation scandal [...]

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Hand-ups versus handouts according to Mayor KJ

By M. Johnston • Mar 21st, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

“These are people who want a hand up, not a hand out..”  Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is helping organize a faith-based initiative whereby parishioners at 80 local churches are being asked to pay between $30 and $60  (depending on their monthly mortgage amount) to help the homeless.

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Sac Bee’s coverage of church issues draw passionate opinions.. including mine

By M. Johnston • Dec 11th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

The Bee has been covering Christianity more and more lately. My guess is that it has something to do with the economy. Surveys reflect a rise in church attendance since the recession started. Today they ran an article maintaining how “Some Sacramento-area faithful [are] turning [their] backs on pastors [because of] spiritual abuse.”  This on [...]

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Here’s how to access the 6,500 John Muir letters UOP has published

By M. Johnston • Nov 18th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

Univ of the Pacific has posted some 6,500 letters written by John Muir. The Bee reported this today but their link was broken and they didn’t provide any insight as to how the letters could be accessed. Since I consider John Muir one of the great men of the 19th century (he is oft referred [...]

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10+ Reasons why Apple is NOT the evil empire

By M. Johnston • Sep 21st, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

A few friends and I came across some fun facts about Apple recently in the course of some research. I’m not a conspiracy theorist by any means, but I can not resist at least entertaining some of the strange things that have come out of the apple orchard.
To start,  conspirators have referred to Bill Gates [...]

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I’m thankful for..

By M. Johnston • Aug 20th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

When I did the “I’m sick off..” post , I promised the “I’m thankful for..” post would follow. Here it is. Please feel free to join in. I’m thankful for..
1. God. Yep, I don’t know who or what I would be without Him. Luther Vandross, my favorite male vocalist, did a song called So Amazing [...]

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Local church has the Answer to North Natomas delinquency problems

By M. Johnston • Jul 2nd, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

“Dont push me, cause Im close to the edge, Im trying not to lose my head, Its like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under” – Grrandmaster Flash in “The Message”

I was over at some apartments in Regency Park (which is north of Natomas Park) off Zurlo Way yesterday [...]

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