http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Nineteenth-century postal workers used canceling devices on postage stamps called "obliterators." Cancels struck on mailed letters needed to be bold enough to keep writers from re-using stamps. Such cancellations were dubbed "killers." Killers lessened the chance of cancelled stamps from bei...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~129135.aspx9/25/2006 7:49:35 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com OVER-THE-TOP DETERMINATION PROVES DETRIMENTAL The next several paragraphs test your presidential knowledge. Don't be too hasty in your conclusion. Wh...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~131454.aspx9/29/2006 1:15:33 PMJack Van Ens Baffled listeners wonder why I impersonate Thomas Jefferson and the colonial genius Jonathan Edwards. I remind them cherished virtues don't instantly hatch. Sturdy virtues upholding what's civilized are passed down to us from Jefferson and Edwards, whether we recognized these gifts or not. Wha...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~134253.aspx10/6/2006 11:48:10 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77 TH DRIVE ARVADA, C0 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com QUACKSPERTISE'S DOMINO THEORY VS TERRORISM FALLS During the Vietnam War in the 1970's, both Johnny Carson and President Nixon's Secretary of State Hen...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~136275.aspx10/11/2006 12:56:27 PMJack Van Ens GOD'S LOST IN A FOG WHEN HISTORY'S A MYSTERY "Ghosts of the past" is an arcane phrase. It conjures up dull thoughts of ghostlike trivia we memorized and recited in boring history classes. Evidently, an alarming number of collegians treat history as they do ghosts-mere figments of imaginatio...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~139647.aspx10/19/2006 11:18:29 AMJack Van Ens A major Denver newspaper recently published two in-depth investigations of a Pentecostal ministry that's the largest in the metro area. Revelations about the meteoric rise of this church, like a blazing shooting star ascending the heavens, showed a predictable pattern. Relatives feed at the churc...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~142462.aspx10/26/2006 9:21:55 AMJack Van Ens U.S. citizens in the 1850s felt their nation cursed by a plague. Battle lines formed. Heated exchanges occurred among Senators on Capitol Hill. Politicians in the House of Representatives set their minds and would not budge. Slavery forced adversaries to steel their minds. Fierce debate over s...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~144844.aspx11/1/2006 1:55:26 PMJack Van Ens PATRIOTIC APPEARANCES ARE SOMETIMES DECEPTIVE Fall sunlight shines sharply on a slant into my friend's room. Its rays don't remove all the shadows circling the many Navy mementos displayed on the walls. My friend is a veteran twice over. Life's experiences have taught him much about courage ov...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~148641.aspx11/9/2006 4:34:54 PMJack Van Ens President George W. Bush fits the profile of Pilgrim leaders who settled in Massachusetts. Pilgrims protected their freedom against hostile Native Americans by crimping personal liberty in order to save it. During the Vietnam War, an U.S. general in Vietnam took a page from the Pilgrim playb...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~150234.aspx11/14/2006 11:03:29 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com GRATEFUL HEARTS DO MORE WITH LESS "There are two ways to get enough," witty Roman Catholic defender of the faith G.K Chesterton observed. "One is to ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~151901.aspx11/17/2006 10:22:02 AMJack Van Ens Attired in costumes similar to those worn by colonial America's keenest mind, Jonathan Edwards , and our nation's author of freedom, Thomas Jefferson , I present dramatic vignettes of their lives. Afterwards, in character I answer listeners' queries. They frequently ask if political ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~153430.aspx11/22/2006 10:01:09 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com CHURCHES CASH IN ON CHRYSLER'S CHRISTMAS PAYOFF Chrysler received a heavy dose of Christianity. When folks who feel like losers hit the financial ski...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~154873.aspx11/28/2006 10:33:27 AMJack Van Ens Have you heard a phrase that sounds right but is wrong? What seems correct at first hearing leads to a faulty conclusion. During the first Christmas, King Herod sounded sanctimoniously correct when speaking to the Wise Men. He "sent them to Bethlehem, saying, 'Go and search diligently for the...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~159485.aspx12/11/2006 9:23:30 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77 TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com CHRISTMAS REVEALS GOD'S THUMBPRINT Identity theft races out of control like a wildfire ripping through a parched forest. Brokerage houses advise clien...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~163217.aspx12/20/2006 3:19:23 PMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com PIETY + POLITICAL CLOUT = POWER LOST My New Year's wish is that evangelical Christians will reject an equation to which they have subscribed when Pre...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~164435.aspx12/26/2006 2:11:44 PMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com AGING SPIED IN THE EYES On the last day of 2006 I shall be first in line to enter the mammoth University of Michigan football stadium. I always feel ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~164447.aspx12/26/2006 2:29:37 PMJack Van Ens MEEK PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD WASN'T WEAK Because Gerald R. Ford was unpretentious-even meek-he graciously let me breach presidential etiquette. Admirers of his valuable work with the Beaver Creek Religious Foundation gathered with Jerry and Betty Ford in the Chapel at Beaver Creek to celebr...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~164796.aspx12/28/2006 5:10:03 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com MEEK PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD WASN'T WEAK Because Gerald R. Ford was unpretentious-even meek-he graciously let me breach presidential etiquette. Admi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~167073.aspx1/5/2007 7:13:51 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R.VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W.77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com GERALD R. FORD'S FUNERAL REFLECTS HIS CHRISTIAN SIMPLICITY "Everybody in our church regarded Jerry so positively!" exclaimed John Hamersma, Music Direc...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~167107.aspx1/5/2007 8:58:28 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com IS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF? Attired in costumes similar to those worn by colonial America's keenest mind, Jonathan Edwards, and our nation's author ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~169597.aspx1/11/2007 8:18:13 PMJack Van Ens DOES PRUDENCE DICTATE A PURGE OF THE SURGE IN IRAQ? Computers are vulnerable without surge protectors. Between a power source and our computer, we attach a surge protector. Without it, bumps in electric current through lines prove harmful to computers. Surges are bad for the keyboard and in th...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~172052.aspx1/18/2007 10:02:11 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com CHRISTMASY SERMONS ARE ALWAYS POPULAR Throngs fill sanctuaries on Christmas Eve, hyper with good will and merry affection. Worshippers also exude qu...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~173495.aspx1/22/2007 5:17:42 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com WAR CRITIC GERALD R. FORD EXPRESSED BRAVE PATRIOTISM "I don't think I would have gone to war," concluded former President Gerald R. Ford a little ove...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~173503.aspx1/22/2007 6:54:56 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com CLERGY CRIB SERMONS FOR CHRIST "I didn't recognize my words in your sermon," cracked the Reverend Frank Harrington who for many years preached at Atl...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~177273.aspx1/31/2007 10:47:15 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING AN ARDENT PATRIOT? During my teenage years in the 1960's, the evangelical Christian community didn't take kindly to the turmoil...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~183686.aspx2/15/2007 10:34:55 AMJack Van Ens WHY ANNA NICOLE WAS TOP-HEAVY WITH WHAT'S TRITE Anna Nicole Smith hyped a bodacious blond character in life that threw her into deep depression. Her trite persona tragically shattered character worth keeping. The news of Anna Nicole's death reached me near Princeton, New Jersey, as I pr...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~254035.aspx2/21/2007 8:05:25 PMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77 TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com AMAZING GRACE GETS POLITICAL Have you heard critics lash out, charging preachers with turning their pulpits into political rostrums? Sometimes such cri...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~256624.aspx2/28/2007 3:40:05 PMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com NO QUESTION ARTHUR SCHLESINGER WAS 'THE ETERNAL QUIZ KID' He's "the eternal Quiz Kid," Time Magazine dubbed historian Arthur Schlesinger, who died ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~260369.aspx3/8/2007 8:03:37 AMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com PRINCETON'S METZGER BROUGHT THE BIBLE UP-TO-DATE AND DOWN-TO EARTH My former professor Bruce Metzger, who retired from the Princeton Theological Semina...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~278567.aspx3/14/2007 12:54:07 PMJack Van Ens DR. JACK R. VAN ENS, AUTHOR CREATIVE GROWTH INC. 9745 W. 77TH DRIVE ARVADA, CO 80005 TEL. 303-420-7416 E-mail: vanensfam@juno.com LEAVING THE TRADITIONAL PARISH FOR A CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS A Baylor University study ranks Episcopalian author and teacher, Barbara Brown Taylor, one of...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Faith/General-Faith/Story~281397.aspx3/20/2007 11:33:43 AMJack Van Ens