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CIRCA 2016. My wife, Linda, knows a thing or two about fussy babies. She’s holding our first two grandchildren on Easter, seven years ago. So when a grandmotherly lady in line at the checkout counter was trying to deal with a fussy child while …
FIRST OF ALL, I MISSPELLED THE NAME OF THE RESCUE DOG. News reporters—I was educated and experienced as one—are supposed to get the names right. I spelled her name “Maisie.” But my wife wanted “Maisy,” as in Daisy. We were …
Q LIFE APPLICATION. Paul told the Christians, “You have been saved by kindness” (Ephesians 2:5). What do you think he meant by that? And have you ever seen anyone saved by kindness? A The Greek word is more often translated as “grace.” It’s sometimes …
IT WAS BAD ENOUGH that we’ve had to endure three monster hurricanes in the past few weeks. All of them Category Four. And at some points at landfall, reaching the top of the power scale, Category Five. Harvey in Texas Irma in Florida Maria in …
I DON’T THINK I’ve been as surprised by the Bible in any writing project I’ve ever done before this one, paraphrasing the Casual English Bible. It’s because I don’t just read what the Bible says and report it, like …
WE’RE AFRAID. More than half the population of the United States is deeply disturbed about what is coming in 2017. Our nation is about to get a radically different kind of a president…one that the majority of the voters rejected, by about …
IT WASN’T A NORMAL HUG. I had tears in my eyes at the time. My wife had just finished telling me why she got home from work late. She’s a nurse who works 12-hour night shifts at a hospital. On her way home from work Tuesday morning, she stopped off …
WITH A COUPON in my pocket for a $9.99 haircut at Great Clips, I looked online to see how long I’d have to wait. Seven minutes. Just long enough to get there. I typed in my name and phone number. That’s all I had to do to check in online. …
WHAT ONE QUESTION would you ask God? That’s what I wanted to know. I sent out the word through my social media outlets. Readers fired back a bunch of questions. But one question, from Janelle Timko, did something to me. I felt something physical, …
IN MY LIFETIME I have met very few people who are so welcoming, so gracious, and so selfless in the way they treat me, that they feel like family to me. I’d like you to meet one such family. They are German. I just got back from vacationing with …
PRACTICE ON YOUR DOG if, like me, you find it tough to dish out compliments. Or practice on your cat. Or your potted petunia. If you are anything like me, it comes a whole lot more natural to criticize, complain, and pick at people than it does to …
“Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them” (Matthew 7:12, The Message). THOSE OF YOU who know a bit about me from my writing might be surprised by …
