Rev Michael Bresciani

From the beginning of the eighteenth century to about the time of the Civil War in America and across the globe the great missionary movement was underway under the power of the Holy Spirit.

At the writing of this piece Sarah Palin has not yet announced to the nation that she is going to run for President in the 2012 election. When or if she does, her name will not be alone on the republican ticket, in fact a lot of names will be on the ticket, some very worthy names.

First it was Greece followed by Spain and now Ireland's economy is in the straights and the Emerald Isle is seeking a loan from the EU of not less than 10 billion Euros. The price for this loan: less Irish sovereignty.

Here is a smattering of imaginary news headlines from across the nation's landscape of current events. Some might get you to crack a smile or bust out into a good belly laugh. Here is the odd thing, none of them were meant to be funny?

Stories about good triumphing over evil are heartwarming; they make good movies and make us feel a bit nobler as human beings.

In the year of 1776 when America declared her independence by creating that revered document known as the Declaration of Independence, a world away in London, England, August M. Toplady penned the words to what is now among the top ten most well known hymns of the Christian faith called, "Rock of Ages."

The capsule the Chilean Navy constructed traveled up and down through the earth a distance of 33 miles in total to save 33 trapped Chilean miners. The courage, faith and patriotism of the nation, the rescuers and the miners have now traveled across the globe to touch every nation in the world.

In what sounds like a page out of Mad Magazine a fire company in Tennessee stood watching as Gene Cranick's house burned to the ground in Obion County. Cranick had not paid the $75.00 fee to the fire Department so the firefighters stood by and gawked as the family home went up in flames.

On his recent radio shows around the nation Glenn Beck has been telling his listeners to study the Bible. It is refreshing to hear someone who is not a pastor or evangelist calling America to the Book and we can almost hear some saying: it's about time.

The GOP has issued their "Pledge to America" not a moment too soon as we approach the midterm elections of 2010. Pro-life activists are glad to see that the Republicans have not ignored their plight.