5 min readby Brian Flagg, EL CANTO DE ZACARIAS – THE SONG OF ZECHARIAH (he was John the Baptist’s dad) (Luke 1, 67-79) On some level I’m kind of a devout Catholic Christian. I read the Scriptures for the daily mass in Español and English every day, am a lector at Santa Cruz Catholic Church and attend Mass almost every Sunday. But on Christmas and Easter my eyes tend to glaze over and I don’t practice. I guess I’m repulsed by the way our Demonic secular society takes over our Catholic Christian Church, how they pimp the season. I got up this

2 min readby Brian Flagg, I have to admit to feeling that Salpointe High School and private education in general is elitist and that its brilliance (in both academics and football) is somehow connected to and responsible for the 50% drop out rate and less successful teams at schools such as Pueblo. But then I got invited to Jessica Ellers’ Social Justice Class the students take during their junior year. I was one of the judges of projects that the students did to “solve poverty”. I now have a whole new point of view of what a Salpointe education could produce. They

3 min readby Brian Flagg, December 8, 2013 Second Sunday of Advent Mathew 3: 1-12 In due course John the Baptist appeared; he preached in the wilderness of Judaea and this was his message: -“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.” This was the man the prophet Isaiah spoke of when he said:                                 A voice cries in the wilderness:                                 prepare a way for the Lord,                                 make his paths straight. This man John wore a garment made of camel hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem

2 min read  by Brian Flagg, Thanks to Dave Slutes and Richard Oseran from Club Congress and to everyone who attended! It wasn’t a totally packed house but it definitely wasn’t empty. Rich Hopkins and the Sand Rubies opened with a blistering set of Sand Rubies classics, in addition to the old Ringo Starr song ‘Post cards.’ Brian Lopez followed with some mellow acoustic tunes. Technobanda La Picosa never showed up so the famous Catholic musician from Casa Maria, Cesar Gonzales jumped on stage with his guitar and absolutely rocked the house with Mexicano classics such as ‘El Rey,’ ‘Sabor a mi’