God, Aliens, and Other Stuff

  St. Teresa of Avila, Getty Images The day our GPS tried to kill us. And no, St. Theresa is not The Babe. Some years ago, my husband Ted and I spent his last day of a break from teaching by driving into the Sierras. The following day, it would be back to long weeks of grading. We took a nice walk by a river. Then we drove up a highway and decided to make a small town in the middle of the piney woods our goal. On the map it was quite simple. Turn off Hwy XX onto a paved road, stop at this quaint little town for a cup of coffee, continue through town on the same road, loop back to Hwy XX, and go on home. I’ll call the town Pittsville, because I have some not so nice things to say about it. Not only did we have the map to guide us, we had “The Babe,” Ted’s GPS. How could we lose? It turned out that Pittsville was not a cute little town with barns and antique shops. It was the armpit of the Sierras, full of broken down houses and rural looking people. Two kids playing outside were...

Image by iStock Photos Long ago in the 1960s, I was in a Pentecostal church where the visiting preacher referenced Philippians 4:2, “ I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. ” The preacher added, “I call ‘em You Are Odious and Soon Touchy.” The congregation howled with laughter. We could all recall catty church spats among men as well as women. It may be unfair to require someone to change their opinion or judgment on a matter, but it’s not unreasonable to ask for a willing compromise. That means that one or the other combatant has to blink, to surrender their demands, to let it go . A disciple of Christ who is soon-touchy has everyone tiptoeing around them, not wanting to set off that BP spiking lecture or the cold shoulder pout. You-are-odious people are quick to judge, lacking the ability to see themselves in the mirror, or hear how obnoxious and toxic their attitude is. In his plea for the women to reconcile, Paul is calling for hum...

  Dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. Getty Images A California woman led Ferdinand Marcos to Christ on his deathbed. Kaitee Lusk used to live in Citrus Heights, California, my former city of residence. I found out about her through Rick Defer, a Sacramento man who got my attention with his own miraculous story. You can read about his astonishing story here . Kaitee’s daughter accepted Christ at the age of 2 1/2. Heather attended the same High School as my two boys, and like my eldest, she was valedictorian of her class. I never met Kaitee in person, but I have spoken to her by phone and corresponded with her. The story below can be found in her book , Eternal Makeovers , (Redemption Press, 2014). Her adventure may seem hard to believe at first, but Kaitee sent me newsletters with photos of her and staff and members of the Marcos family. She’s the real deal. This miraculous journey began in July, 1989, with a coveted invitation to a Christian conference (Lausanne II) in Manila. Flig...

  All Bible verses are NKJV taken from biblegateway.com. This is a 3/2026 update and edit of an earlier post. Setting the parameters of discussion First, the term antichrist is a biblical construct, so only the Bible can define it. It’s actually a Judeo-Christian meme, rooted deeply in Old Testament prophecy and history as well as in New Testament theology. The fact that the title of Christ is in the word Antichrist does not prevent us from searching out similar historical themes in the Hebrew Bible where spiritual and cultural forces are horrifically anti-God. The OT/HB deity established a theocracy in Israel, so the prophets were very political. Jesus unmoored His kingdom from earthly politics by declaring that the kingdom of God is within you and His kingdom is not of this world (Luke 17:21; John 18:36). Nevertheless, the Antichrist, if there is one individual called that, will be both religious and political, and that is part of the blasphemy of the antichristal system, the mar...

 A recent Ted Rice event. In the post-midnight hours of Sunday, Jan 25, 2026, my friend Ted Rice had another paranormal encounter. Ted is the psychic and abductee about whom the book Masquerade of Angels was written. It’s out of print, and hugely expensive on amazon, but you can still buy an autographed copy from Ted. See information below. He spent decades in New Age practices, even founding a church with a friend in Atlanta, but later in life his experiences led to him revisiting his southern Christian roots. Dr. Karla Turner wrote the book about his mystic journey and UFO researcher Barbara Bertholic became a good friend and mentor. Ted wanted to share his experience with a couple of friends because he felt it was a deliberate lesson to be passed on. We have a small chat group on Messenger, so later on Sunday he contacted “Fringe” of @fringedotcom on X and me on Messenger to see if we could set up a group phone call. Fringe (she doesn’t like her real name out there) set the c...