Category Archives: Hot Topics

Yeah, but… Who Do We Vote For?

Posted on November 7, 2016 by radamdavidson

  Message preached on Sunday, November 6, 2016 by Adam Davidson at Portage Free Methodist Church  In this series, we’re asking the BIG questions about God, faith, the church, and Christianity in general. For this Sunday, the questions we’re addressing … Continue reading →

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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Posted on October 10, 2016 by radamdavidson

I did a quick search of this RadBlog and discovered that I have never written about Canadian Thanksgiving, which is a travesty because I love Canada and I try to be thankful whenever possible.  According to the internet, it was long ago … Continue reading →

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Ode to Hoodie

Posted on September 10, 2016 by radamdavidson

If you’re like me, you enjoy a good Hoodie.  Hoodies (AKA Hooded Sweatshrts, Huggies, Hoodrows) are about to become ubiquitous here in Southwest Michigan and areas with  a similar climate.  Hoodies keep us together — both individually and corporately — like … Continue reading →

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Ode to the Last Day of School (by a grateful parent)

Posted on June 10, 2016 by radamdavidson

I recall last September with her gentle breezes and echoes of Summer when children were at the conclusion of their boredom and parents were at the end of their ropes.   When school supplies were cheap Ten notebooks for a … Continue reading →

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Fear Factor

Posted on May 18, 2016 by radamdavidson

I’ve had the same conversation three different times with three different people in the last 24 hours: our culture is scared out of its mind, and there’s not much sign that things will soon improve.  We’re afraid of terrorists, yet … Continue reading →

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He who blogged too soon

Posted on December 10, 2015 by radamdavidson

…is me.  I am the one who blogged too soon. I wrote a post late last weekend about how I didn’t feel well but got better, acknowledged my humanity with a lost day of work and then raised an e-glass … Continue reading →

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Halloween & All Saints Day (in a nutshell)

Posted on October 31, 2015 by radamdavidson

All Saints Day is a commemoration for Christians who have died.  Wide and varied in its winding history through the church, it has its foundings in the pre-reformation era.  Martin Luther and friends decided to keep hold of it as … Continue reading →

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#Whole: 1st Century Content / 21st Century Media

Posted on August 24, 2015 by radamdavidson

I had my own radio station when I was a kid.  My broadcast equipment included a microphone, mixer, and a tape deck from Radio Shack.  I even used my initials as call letters: WRAD.  By age 10, I sent a cassette several states away to … Continue reading →

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Why I’m (“not”) getting the Apple Watch

Posted on May 1, 2015 by radamdavidson

There’s an article out today that says the über expensive Apple watch is surprisingly cheap to manufacture.  Even at an estimated cost of only $84 per manufactured unit, I think Apple is doing exactly what we have come to expect them to do, … Continue reading →

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Record Store Day

Posted on April 20, 2015 by radamdavidson

I totally missed Record Store Day because I was in two different hospitals with our son who presented with all the classic symptoms of appendicitis.  Turns out it was another culprit with a far less nefarious goal — constipation.  Appendicitis … Continue reading →

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