The Third Sunday in Lent John 4:39-42 Were you as devastated as I was years ago when the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida filed separate lawsuits alleging fraud against Miss Cleo and the Psychic Network? I mean, if you can’t trust your friendly, local TV psychic, who can you trust? And there are several parts of this whole scandal that are rather bothersome: First, it was alleged that Miss Cleo’s promise of free psychic readings was not exactly true. The 1-800 numbers given led folks to 1-900 numbers which were billed at $4.95 a minute. And [READ MORE]

The Third Sunday in Lent Exodus 17:1-7 One of the truly enjoyable periods of my life took place back in the 1980’s when my good friend Len S. and I joined forces to buy an airplane – a Cessna 172. We flew a lot of miles together and made a lot of bad landings. Some of our favorite flights were those we took on hot summer nights from our home airport in Fall River, Massachusetts over to Martha’s Vineyard for a tasty cup of real New England clam chowder. That flight, of course, was not without its hazards. It [READ MORE]