by Jason Fox | Mar 5, 2012 | Idle Chatter |
The highways and byways of heaven. Paved with gold so unblemished it makes Dove soap look like 99 and 44/100ths percent pure chum. Lined with mansions – not of the Mc variety, but built pearl brick upon pearl brick by Otis the Masonic Archangel and his winged...
by Jason Fox | Feb 2, 2012 | Idle Chatter |
Those who gauge the ebbing and flowing of philosophical musings posit that existential thinking reached its zenith in 1986. During those Jelly Belly-fueled halcyon days of pinch-rolled jeans and mall hair, a young philosopher in a beret and sweater vest opined:...
by Jason Fox | Jan 4, 2012 | Idle Chatter |
Note: Irving Bible Church, for whom the column was originally written, has an odd, contemporary steel sculpture of unknown provenance (it was there when they bought the property) in the middle of its parking lot. Once a year, someone attempts to explain its existence....
by Jason Fox | Dec 7, 2011 | Idle Chatter |
Christmas is coming, and while the goose is off getting fat, Chatter met up with Yuletide carol-mainstay Wenceslas to dig deeper into the man, the myth and the mystery that is the Good King from Bohemia. Chatter: King Wenceslas, thank you for taking a few moments out...
by Jason Fox | Nov 9, 2011 | Idle Chatter |
There comes a time in every Christian’s life when they decide to start their own church. That time is often 7:18 a.m. Sunday morning after two rounds of snooze bar-induced fever dreams. Usually, these plans fade by 7:20 when the risen snoozer realizes they can’t...
by Jason Fox | Sep 26, 2011 | Idle Chatter |
The Bible is riddled with all manner of saintly individuals. You can barely turn an edge-gilded page without bumping into a Peter, Paul or Mary. The good kind. Or even a Meshach, Obadiah or Elijah if you’re chewing your way through the OT. At first blush –...
