I am usually not one to leap before looking, to venture out on a limb before pondering the consequences. However, after publicly stating my intention, way way way back at the beginning of 2012, to dive into The Bible book by book here at The Manofesto, I began to wonder what exactly I had gotten… Read More Pondering The Good News: An Introduction
A semi-regular attempt to address some of life’s minutiae that might otherwise be overlooked….. * With Christmas Creep becoming ever so pervasive and Black Friday beginning earlier & earlier I want to take a moment to give kudos to some establishments who will NOT be open on Thanksgiving: Costco, Nordstrom, Dillard’s, Marshalls, Pier 1 Imports,… Read More Points of Ponderation…..Episode 5.14
After lamenting recently that nearly a quarter of the way into 2014 I had yet to go to the theater and check out any new movies (because in my opinion there hadn’t been any films worth the effort) I finally ventured out to the local cineplex a few days ago. Not only that, but I… Read More Why I’m Not Going to See the Movie Noah
Boys & girls, first a healthy dose of the truth. Sammy Claus has really struggled to find the Christmas spirit in 2013. There are a variety of reasons for that…..a hundred mostly insignificant things that I won’t bore the masses with. Suffice to say that I haven’t always felt the presence of God in my… Read More The 2013 Sammy Claus Wish List
I am well aware that The Manofesto has been somewhat sports-centric lately. That tends to happen during football season. Rest assured however that I have not forgotten the mission of this little rest stop on the ol’ information superhighway to be a cornucopia brimming with the vast array of topics that frost my cupcake. And… Read More Righteousness – Hunger, Thirst, & Persecution…Part 1
Ash Wednesday completely snuck up on me this year…came & went. I knew Easter was early (March 31), but I still wasn’t quite in that mode yet. To me Easter signifies spring, and since we just had a fairly significant snowfall here in West Virginia a couple of weeks ago my brain is still in… Read More My 2013 Lenten Non-Sacrifice
As a new year dawns it is once again time to take stock of things here at The Manofesto and make some plans for the future, or atleast the next several months. 2012 was a good year. I achieved some internal goals in relation to the site, and even more importantly I have found… Read More The State of The Manofesto 2013
I’m going to break a few of my own rules today. First of all, I usually do not repost the plethora of little pictures with cute sayings or quotes that everybody puts on Facebook these days. Sometimes I’ll look at them and chuckle or agree with the insight espoused, sometimes I’ll devote a few seconds… Read More My New Identity in Christ
When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. – Proverbs 16:7 We last looked at The Fruits of the Spirit nearly one year ago and The Sermon on the Mount just short of two years ago. I have no valid excuses for… Read More No God, No Peace – Know God, Know Peace
Please check out Part 1 & Part 2 or else you will be thoroughly confused. Thanks!! I had said for several months, as church friends would interact with me online or I’d see them at family events and they would say they missed me & encourage me to come back, that I was bothered by… Read More The End of My Sambatical From Organized Religion – The New Hope
