Son-shine on Your Shoulders

It is a Good Son-Day Indeed The Jacksons' Minute   As Seen by More Than 500 I am getting into my time traveling machine.  Here are my travel coordinates: Year - a summer Sunday in 1972 Location - 916 - 31st Ave N, Minneapolis (inside Rehoboth Church of Jesus Christ)  Weather - 92 degrees and no A/C and no fans other than hand fans or the printed program. Setting: I am sitting in one of the middle pews behind my mother talking to my brother about how hot it is.  My grumbling prompts my mother to turn around and take a missed swing at me. She then gives us a  stern shush and a wait till I get you home stare.  We all know what that means.  Wisdom necessitated that we fully comply or we prematurely meet our maker. In those days, the typical liturgy was Sunday School from 10 - 11 AM and Sunday service from 11:30 until late Tuesday.  The testimony service alone took an hour.   During this portion of the service.  Sister Robinson typically...

  Happy Son-Day! Video: Family Send Off  Who is this pretty sister? Friday night, I decided to catch up on a few of my Disney Plus playlist items.  In other words binge time.  I watched a six episode series and a movie.  The watched items were, as they say, “Aight”. The movie and series were a battle of good over supernatural evil.  The antagonists were more powerful than the heroes, which follows the Hollywood formula of the hero is only as good as the villain. The heroes were able to attain victory only through cunning and guile because they were unable to vanquish the enemy through 1:1, man-to-man combat.  The enemy was too powerful.   While this makes for good entertainment, the reality is “Real Good”, the supernatural power of God is all powerful.  It does not does not depend on gimmicks, tricks, out-smarting, and coincidence to defeat the enemy. When the enemy thought he vanquished Christ on the cross within three days he w...