Creating a Kinder World – When Stuff Happens
The other day some friends asked how my house was doing after the damage from Hurricane Ida. I said “well it has been patched up by some great friends, thank God, and I am happy to say I can sleep in my
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The other day some friends asked how my house was doing after the damage from Hurricane Ida. I said “well it has been patched up by some great friends, thank God, and I am happy to say I can sleep in my
As a result of the inevitable aging process, in further steps of losing just one more marble that was rattling around in my brain, one afternoon, a few weeks ago, I placed my Sam’s card and my credit card on top of
“The most important two things that you need are a big bowl and a pair of scissors,” said Lee Vinson, a Legal Secretary. That and a refrigerator full of leftover lunches. Every Friday evening at around 4:30, an email goes out to
I don’t know about you, but injustice makes me MAD. In fact, right now I am sitting here writing this article with steam coming out of my ears, and I’ll explain why shortly. I guess I’ve always been like this. When I
A POSTFACTUAL WORLD? Lately it has been mentioned that we’ve been living in a post-factual world. I’ve had discussions with people who have said “I’ll read my side and believe what I believe, and you will read your side and believe what
We ALL Do It! Over the past few weeks, in a class that a Pastor taught, he asked the participants to carry around a little counting machine, and every time they would think a judgmental thought, they clicked the counter. He said that
(Fill in the Blank) A shady person can become a sunny person with a little effort. I recently had a run-in with a person whom I at first concluded was a boil on the butt of humanity. I’ve started taking pictures and occasionally I
Have you ever seen the commercial where the man, who is caring for his elderly mother, opens his mouth and issues a large silent scream? I can identify with that feeling. Not because my mother is difficult, but because watching someone age
The New Politically Correct The phrase “politically correct” has been bandied around a lot lately. People either encourage it or they resent it. The people who resent it say “I used to be able to tell jokes or speak my mind freely,
“I just don’t understand why all churches aren’t doing this,” my friend said the other night when we were having dinner and solving the problems of the world. We have been reading a book together by Bill Hybels, pastor of Willow Creek