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JESUS SOUNDS DIFFERENT in casual English. I just finished producing video three of three in the Sermon on the Mount series. There’s a big surprise smile, if not a laugh out loud, waiting in this one. You’ll know it when you see it. I …
I WONDER HOW PEOPLE WILL REACT to the “don’t worry” message of Jesus in the video I just released, given what’s going on in the world right now. Some might find his words reassuring and inspiring. I’m afraid some others …
I’M SORRY. I haven’t written a blog article in nearly a month. My agent hates that. But I’ve got other stuff to do. I ought to be able to stop explaining myself after saying I’m paraphrasing the whole doggone Bible. …
IF YOU CONTINUE TO READ, you will be reading not me. I’m about to turn someone loose on you. Here’s why. I’m nervous. I paraphrased the Song of Songs and when I asked my wife what she thought of it, she said just one word: racy. …
I COULDN’T TAKE THE PICTURE. I’ve worked as a photojournalist. I’ve taken pictures of dead teenagers whose bodies were still trapped inside a car that a train mauled, shoved, and crushed 200 yards down a railroad track before …
I WOKE WITH TEARS yesterday. And my first thought of the day felt like a jolt inside my head: “Is he still alive?” Let me make this short. My wife and I broke our Covid-19 protocol on Wednesday. We watched our grandsons, ages 2 and 4. You can wear a …
Not all advice in the Bible Book of Proverbs sounds like it came with God’s endorsement.
AS I WORK MY WAY through paraphrasing Proverbs, I’m sometimes startled by how appropriate some of them are for politics today. Ditto for some of the others that deal with everyday life for the rest of us. I won’t be uploading Proverbs to the Casual …
QUICK NOTE. At 7 this evening, Central Time, I’m premiering a short video that’s unlike any I’ve done before. Odd thoughts about writing, family, and a virus. It’s more personal. It’s about writing, family, and the …
I’M NOT A KID SPANKER. It didn’t take me long as a parent to realize spanking was more about me expressing anger than about me disciplining my kids. Well, here I am trying to paraphrase for the Casual English Bible one of several Bible proverbs …
PROVERBS IS FULL OF SURPRISES. There’s stuff in there you don’t want the kids to read just yet. And there’s stuff in there you might wish someone would read out loud to the president. Or to your governor. Or to the relative who …
I'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING with video and audio files of selected chapters in the Casual English Bible being read aloud.
