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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 …
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 …
CHRISTIANS SHOULDN’T HAVE SNOW BLOWERS. Not if they: Want to save time Have neighbors I know this because I bought a snow blower. It does not save time…because I have neighbors. We’ve had a pair of foot-high snowstorms in the past week. Each …
I LET A DOG DIE. This picture of a dog came up on my Facebook news feed, posted by a Friend. Black Labrador Retriever. Two years old. The picture of the little fellow inside the back of the dogcatcher’s truck looked like a sad brother to my Black …
I KNOW that the title of this post sounds odd. But it’s true. I found out about it on Christmas Eve—the perfect night to hear the news. The church I attend has multiple locations throughout the Greater Kansas City area: Church of the Resurrection. We …
HERE’S MY CLUE that people in my neighborhood are still depressed about the election. Not only are all the Romney signs still up in front yards—two sets in one yard—I’d swear some new Romney signs have popped up out of nowhere. There was only one …
AS WE APPROACH ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, we’re seeing a lot of Christians once again rallying around the Republicans. Some are saying pretty nasty stuff about any so-called Christians who vote Democrat. Sometimes it’s not that blatant. A …
