Thanksgiving Prayer
A prayer for your Thanksgiving Day …. Bless, O Lord, this food we are about to eat; and we pray you, O God, that it may be good for our body and soul; and, if…
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Firecrackers Junkyard Style
We needed a funny way to liven up a boring evening, and firecrackers seemed like a great idea. Steve and I shared an apartment with two other guys, Ron and Ford. They often went to…
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Yo Ho Yo Ho, a Pirate’s Life For Me!
A few days ago I found myself humming the Pirates of the Caribbean ride theme song. You know which one I mean? Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me. We pillage plunder, we…
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Making the World a Better Place
Came across this quote a few months ago about making the world a better place, and I’m still processing it. It rings completely true to me but I’ve yet to grasp all the significance it…
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Dear Pastors, Please Stop Posting Pictures Online
Dear Pastors, When it comes to social media, please stop posting pictures of yourself on stage. Or the stage itself. Or the band. Or the cool lighting. To you it looks like an invitation. You…
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Ten Silly Things Every Traveler Should Pack
With a lot of travel coming up this summer, here’s my list of ten silly things every traveler should pack. Why silly? I guess because they aren’t really necessary, but sure are handy when you…
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Signs of Hope
For years I’ve espoused the excellence of the devotional book Celtic Daily Prayer. This was the daily reading for May 11th: How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a land that we feel is…
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Politics, Lent, and Sloth
Found this graph on Twitter and laughed out loud. In our age of highly politicizing things, why not do so with the seven deadly sins? And why not bring it up as lent winds down?…
