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2019-04-21T03:52:24-04:00

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Jesus: The Original Walking Dead

Last updated on: April 21, 2019 at 3:52 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

Continued from Jesus is the Empty Tomb. After Jesus was executed and rose from the dead, people saw him. A person named Celopas and an acquaintance encountered Jesus on the road to Emmaus. People ate with the resurrected Christ, multiple times. Jesus talked with a lot of people. “Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on... Read more

2019-04-21T02:40:41-04:00

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Jesus is the Empty Tomb

Last updated on: April 21, 2019 at 2:40 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

Many Christians believe that Jesus took on the sins of the world, suffered and died, so that we might have eternal life. If Jesus died for our sins, then he might have mentioned it. But he didn’t. Nowhere in the Gospels does Jesus say he’ll die for our sins. All the times he preached and taught, all the messages and metaphors he shared, he didn’t tell people he was taking on their sins. Even before his death, Jesus told people... Read more

2019-04-01T00:14:50-04:00

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More Inspiration From Martin Luther King, Jr.

Last updated on: April 1, 2019 at 12:14 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

Excerpts from King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech, at the Lincoln Memorial, Aug. 28, 1963. He was 34 years-old. Follow the link to read A Sermon for Martin Luther King Jr., on the Anniversary of His Murder On the night King was killed, April 4, 1968, Robert Kennedy spontaneously delivered a touching speech. This was just 24 hours after King’s Mountain Top speech and four months before Kennedy was murdered. Click the arrow for more inspiration from Martin Luther King,... Read more

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2024-01-13T18:09:03-05:00

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Inspiration from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Last updated on: January 13, 2024 at 6:09 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Inspiration and wisdom from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jim Meisner, Jr. is the author of the novel Faith, Hope, and Baseball, available on Amazon, or follow this link to order an autographed copy. Read more

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2019-03-29T11:19:08-04:00

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The Mueller Report — Facts Don’t Matter

Last updated on: March 29, 2019 at 11:19 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

March, 2019. During a time of the year when March Madness usually describes college basketball, instead the nation is absorbing lies like five year-olds talking of magical bunnies casting incantations over rainbows. On March 22, Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and delivered a report to Attorney General William Barr. Barr assumed office Feb. 14, 2019. On June 8, 2018, acting as a “former official,” Barr sent to the Justice Department a... Read more

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2019-04-27T17:07:46-04:00

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Faith, Hope, and Baseball: A Novel – and a work in progress

Last updated on: April 27, 2019 at 5:07 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Here’s a pitch for my novel, Faith, Hope, and Baseball: A Novel: What would you sacrifice to save everything you love? 17 yr-old Jason loves God, his widowed mother, his girlfriend & his Amish life. But bills are mounting & an offer to play professional baseball promises financial freedom. His choice will change his life forever. In this excerpt, the Chicago Cubs coach is contemplating God, and the faith of the 17 year-0ld baseball phenomenon he’s trying to recruit to... Read more

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2019-03-06T02:23:39-05:00

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Lent 2019

Last updated on: March 6, 2019 at 2:23 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

As millions of Christians enter the Lenten Season and observe one of the oldest traditions in the Church calendar, the season reminds Christians to: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return.” — Genesis 3:19 The Lenten Season is the 40 days prior to Easter, not including Sundays. It ends April 17. In many faith traditions, ashes are viewed as a symbol of penance, and Ash Wednesday ashes help us be more humble and sacrificial in spirit.... Read more

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2019-02-01T14:52:04-05:00

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Feb. 3, 1959 — The Day the Music Died

Last updated on: February 1, 2019 at 2:52 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash, Feb. 3, 1959, immortalized in Don McLean’s “American Pie.” Buddy was 22, Ritchie was 17, and Jay P. Richardson was 28. Pilot Roger Peterson was 21. Rock and roll belongs to the young. The Beech-Craft Bonanza crashed in the early morning hours of Feb. 3. Disoriented by the darkness and snow, Peterson evidently flew the aircraft directly into the snow-covered ground. The night before, they played at... Read more

The Day the Music Died

2019-02-01T14:54:55-05:00

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Jan. 31, 1915 — The Birth of Thomas Merton

Last updated on: February 1, 2019 at 2:54 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Thomas Merton Jan. 31, 1915 — Dec. 10, 1968 https://twitter.com/Faithonthe/status/1091174715044085760 https://www.facebook.com/FaithOnTheFringe/photos/a.1465149670372450/1957839001103512/?type=3&theater Read more

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2019-08-07T20:01:52-04:00

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A Writer Writing About Writing

Last updated on: August 7, 2019 at 8:01 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Writing is difficult. Despite that, I have written professionally my entire career. I wrote newspaper and magazine articles in college and a few weeks after graduation got a job as a newspaper reporter. After that, I was a newspaper editor and reporter. As a radio reporter I wrote news stories and did the news broadcast every hour. I’ve written freelance articles, releases, radio and television commercials, scripts, and speeches. I wrote and published a couple of books and wrote and... Read more

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