Category Archives: Religion

The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Peas, Pods, Popes, Puppets & the Panama Papers

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Chip Murray

What do you honestly…I mean really and truly believe in? There were two unrelated stories this past week; the anticipated DOL Ruling which will place a tighter regulatory noose around the necks of financial advisors already operating in one of … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The Déjà vu of Me & You

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Chip Murray

1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought … Continue reading →

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The Easter Sunday Tune-up ~ I Believe

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Chip Murray

I can’t think of a worse nature of personality than cynicism to be perfectly honest. I’m not a huge Camille Paglia fan, but she nails the essence of our cynical dark side by shining a light on people like Richard … Continue reading →

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Why We Call It “Good” Friday

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Chip Murray

I usually confine my musings to Sundays, but today this Good Friday of all Good Fridays beckons to me as never before. There is an immediacy and intensity that is hard to describe. As good a job as Spielberg did … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Retirement?

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Chip Murray

The long and winding road that leads to your door, Will never disappear, I’ve seen that road before It always leads me here, Leads me to your door.      ~ The Beatles last #1 song…before they retired. Twenty-two years ago, I … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ “Back to the Garden”…of Gethsemane

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Chip Murray

Well, I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, tell where are you going? This he told me Said, I’m going down to Yasgur’s Farm Gonna join in a rock and … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Self-Respect or Self-Loathing?

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Chip Murray

To understand where we are as Americans today, I believe you need to first understand who we’ve become…to a man. Look a courageous man (if you can find one) in the eye, and then look a coward in the eye, … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Epilogue

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Chip Murray

There is something very physiological and real that happens to us when we experience Truth, regardless of whether or not we accept it. You see, it registers within us exactly as any good medicine would. It becomes active within us … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The End

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Chip Murray

Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven. But before … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ If I Should Die Before I Wake

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Chip Murray

Death also will individualize and personalize us, who are today brought together in crowds and groups. Death separates the soul from the body; in doing so, each and every person is searched. Then shall be revealed my true self—not the self … Continue reading →

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