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OUR LITTLE LADY MAIZEY, our 6-year-old black lab, gets evaluated on Wednesday for her diagnosis of lymphoma. I’ve spent time thinking about what kind of news is coming next, and mourning over what Maizey is going to have to endure, starting on …
WE GOT THE NEWS the first Saturday after Christmas. Our dog Maizey, a 6-year-old black lab mix, tested positive for lymphoma over the Christmas holidays. Our first clue was swollen and hard lymph nodes in the neck. As I’ve said before, …
HERE’S A NEW RELEASE OF SILENT NIGHT. It has been a rocky year for us, dealing with a lot of website problems with the Casual English Bible, as we try to add a subscription service to our Bible maps. But we’re on the road to …
IF YOU’RE NOT SUBSCRIBED to the The Casual English Bible (TCEB) blog, you’re missing our shift from this author site to the Bible site, which we’ll be focusing more on in 2025. These snapshots of what you’re missing will end …
THE PROBLEM WITH NOW HAVING TWO BLOGS TO SERVICE is that I seem to have a touch of lexdysia in play. I wrote a post about my daughter’s contribution to a new Christmas album (she sang Silent Night, which you’ll find on this rushed video …
I’M FORWARDING YOU. Here’s how the blog begins. I JUST LOST JEREMIAH 5 TODAY. I’m supposed to be paraphrasing that chapter right now. But I’m one-hour into working with tech support, trying to solve a mystery. (It took 2½ hours.) I wanted …
CONDOLENCES to the deeply discouraged and worried half of the country. I’d like to say more, but I’ve already said it on The Casual English Bible® blog site. So, I’m not supposed to repeat it here. Google punishes us for that kind …
I SELDOM WRESTLE GOD OR FAST. A profile of my gut, which is swallowing my naval, would say “Amen” to the fasting bypass. But this evening I was typing an email response to a church administrator in Endicott, New York. I’ll call her …
PARDON THESE 2 SHORT PLUGS. One for the Bible book of Daniel. One for the Election. First, we’ll plug Daniel. I just finished paraphrasing the Bible book of Daniel and releasing PDFs of the Bible maps, charts, and illustrations. I added them to …
What Christians look for in a leader I NEED TO WEIGH IN on the upcoming election from a Bible point of view—it’s the Bible on politics. Here’s why. I hear a lot of Christians talking about the election and using their Christianity to …
WHEN I SAW a map of how many Israeli settlements had moved uninvited onto Palestinian land, it remined me of maps I’ve made showing ancient Israel’s invasion of Canaan more than 3,000 years ago. I wanted to compare the maps. So, I made …
SHORT AND SWEET. Yesterday we launched the Casual English Bible® blog series. You are probably not subscribed. But you can be. And once you are: I’ll email you a free copy of one of my favorite 3D-style Bible maps (first week only). …
