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SOMETIMES WHEN I CRY — especially if I’m lying down — I think of the lyrics of a particular, peculiar country song: I’ve Got Tears in My Ears. I’ve got tears in my ears From lyin’ on my back in my bed While I cry over you. Remembering that song can …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Wayne Sacchi out of Knoxville. He gets a free book for his trouble. Here’s his question: Why were the other disciples so indignant when the mother of James and John asked Jesus to put each of her sons, one …
I’M REWRITING THE BIBLE. I hope you don’t mind. It’s a little spiritual exercise I’ve been doing lately when I’ve had the time. I take a passage of the Bible and I paraphrase it in words that are easier for me to relate to. I read the passage from a …
STORIES OF NAKED PEOPLE in the Bible are probably not something you want to read to a crowd of people gathered for a wedding. I wrote about that in yesterday’s blog, Skip this Bible verse for the wedding. Seems fair that I should flip the mattress, …
IT’S CRUNCH TIME. My only daughter’s wedding takes place in a month. I get to do lots of stuff at the wedding, like walk her down the aisle entrust her to the care of my future son-in-law welcome guests to the wedding reception dance with my daughter …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Renee K., a lady worried about her sister. Renee wins a free book for asking this question. But I think a book would be a sorry excuse for what she really wants. Here’s her question. Why do atheist people …
I CAN GET AS ANGRY as anyone. Even at Christians. Especially at Christians. I expect more of those suckers than I expect of the Other Guys. And too doggone often, I’m disappointed. Often enough that if a company rep IDs himself or herself as a …
I WASN’T MR. SENSITIVE in my younger days. Actually, still today, I can be direct. And by “direct” I mean filterless. Like a Camel cigarette. Take the little Post-It size limericks and sayings I pasted to the front of my desk back when I worked my …
I APOLOGIZE for comparing first-time visitors in church to dogs. But the comparison did come to mind a few days ago. My daughter, Becca, has a new pup: a border collie named Tucker. Becca is going to be tied up over the Labor Day weekend, and she …
I DID SOMETHING LAST WEEK that I’ve never done before. It seemed risky, and I was a bit afraid of what might happen. I’m painting the inside of my house because professional painters wanted $6,000 to do the job. Actually, that seems fair given that a …
I’M DOING MANUAL LABOR. For the past week or so, during evenings, weekends, and occasional “vacation” days, I’ve been painting the inside of my house. It’s to spruce up the joint before out-of-state family arrives in October for the wedding of my …
I SPENT MY BIRTHDAY morning this past Saturday digging in the dirt at a local school where over 80 percent of the students qualify for free meals. That’s a measure of poverty in our community that no other school can match. Our church has adopted the …
