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The Verse That Left Me Speechless Today

Have you ever heard the adage that “you may be the only Bible some people get to read?” How are we doing with that, do you suppose? I wonder what these non-Bible readers would say is in the Bible according to what they see in the lives of American Christians. Many would say that there …[ read more ]

Eat, Pray, Give Me a Break! (The Christmas Blog)

Very few movies I watch aggravate me as much as last night’s viewing of “Eat, Pray, Love.” At one point, my daughter cautioned me that she would turn it off if I couldn’t just be quiet and watch. I know it’s supposed to be about this one woman’s romantic and courageous exploration of herself and …[ read more ]

Breathless in December

I don’t know about you but I’m out of breath. Gasping my way into the holidays and straggling across the finish line of 2010, I find myself in need of oxygen – a pure, unadulterated, unpolluted breath of heaven. Sometimes I feel like the wheelbarrow in the poem my William Carlos Williams “So much depends …[ read more ]

The First Bah Humbug (A Scary Christmas Story with a Happy Ending)

Some people find the holiday season irritating, aggravating and downright loathsome. In Christmas movies, these individuals always end up embracing the joy of the season, melting at the special touch of a loved one, a meaningful gift or a carol sung by a pure-hearted child but in real life, they usually maintain their Grinch-like posture, …[ read more ]

When Christmas is a Loaded Gun

The news is loaded with gun stories this time of year, have you noticed? Yesterday was the gunman in the school board meeting in Florida. The bravery of a woman with a big purse (remind me to supersize my pocketbook), the board member who offered his own life for the others’ freedom, the miraculous bullet …[ read more ]