Don Pieper - Articles

You Know It, you Show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it, then your life will surely show it. If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. This could get noisy with all the people here today and all the happiness and emotions we are feeling. Read
By: Don Pieper | 26/09/2007 | Religion

Blessed by the Triune God
Some Bible passages people just know. Most of us can recite the first line or two of Psalm 23. “God so loved the world” would rate up there, too. Because of our familiarity with the worship service, some rather obscure Bible passages have lodged in our heads, like, “the peace of God that passes all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4.7).” But there’s one passage which everybody knows. Read
By: Don Pieper | 26/09/2007 | Religion

Then We Will Show
I can’t believe what the kids are watching today! I mean, I should be happy. By watching these shows they are learning about statistics, judgment and risk assessment. Is it some hip educational program? Nope. NASCAR? Nope. Poker! You can almost always turn to some station, ESPN2 or the likes, and watch a Poker tournament. If this is sports, then I am physically fit! Golf, which some compare to watching paint dry, looks absolutely riotous compared with Poker. Read
By: Don Pieper | 26/09/2007 | Religion

Then We Will Love
Can we officially declare the flu season over and another year passed without pandemic bird flu threatened by gloom and doomsayers? What would we do without those reporters camped out at the Center for Disease Control or embedded with the American Medical Association who chill us with news of the latest medical scourge? Read
By: Don Pieper | 26/09/2007 | Religion

Then They Knew
I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! Or if you are like me, you say (in rapid succession) IknowIknowIknow! I say that all the time when something blows up in my face that I knew would blow up in my face, but I thought I could handle it. Like assembling Christmas toys the night before or eeking one more trip on a bad tire. Pazzowi! on the I-15 Read
By: Don Pieper | 26/09/2007 | Religion