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Monthly Archives: December 2018
How is 2019?
It’s still 2018 where I live (seven hours till midnight), but I can’t wait to find out, so, to all my friends in Asia: How is 2019?!
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 2018, 2019, celebration, funny, New Year's Eve, time, zones
23 Comments
I Was an 11 Year Old Reprobate
An Embarrassingly True Story It was my first New Year’s Eve party. Sort of. It would be at least two more years before I was old enough to attend a Real Party. The moment we stepped into Aunt Fran’s suburban shoebox … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged alcohol, boyhood, childhood, drinking, funny, New Year's Eve, youth
27 Comments
What We Will be…
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, the new has come into being.” ~2 Corinthians 5:17 “I have come that you may have life, and have it abundantly.” ~John … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged 1 John 3:2, 2 Corinthians 5:17, butterfly, Jesus, John 10:10, New Year, transformation
15 Comments
Deep in December
“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” ~Mother Teresa “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged alone, C.S. Lewis, comfort, empathy, hope, Mother Teresa, purpose, suffering
23 Comments
Counting My Blessings
I pride myself in originality. Which is why I’m apologizing up front for the hackneyed title. But, hey, old saws are still around because they still have teeth, right? (See how I put an original spin on that phrase?). But … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir, Quips and Quotes
Tagged aging, complaining, funny, gratitude, life, Winnie the Pooh
43 Comments
Signs of the Times
Join us, if you’re not busy doing something “important.” Well, yeah. Sarcastic. But kinda true. Point taken. This explains a lot. If y’all see someone doin’ this…tell ’em they’re hiring at Burger King. Now they tell us! Accidental editorial? Guidelines … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Mitchellaneous, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes
Tagged bloopers, Bob Marley, funny, scarcasm, signs, wisdom
29 Comments
Christmas Alphabet S : Silent Night – The Everly Brothers, Sinead O’ Connor & Low
Originally posted on The Immortal Jukebox:
Almost there. How to prepare? At this Season wisdom is found not in speech but in silence. Stand in Awe. Commune with your own heart. Be Still. Hope and wait. In Silence. Not in…
Posted in Culture, Poetry, Quips and Quotes
Tagged beauty, Cambridge, insight, Irish, music, passion, Sinead O'Connor
3 Comments
The Spirit of Christmas
May the spirit of Christmas the yearning to give inhabit your heart for as long as you live “Freely you have received. Freely give.” ~Matthew 10:8
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Christmas, giving, heart, Jesus, love, Matthew 10:8, spirit
33 Comments
Alien Invasion!
2,000 years ago our planet was invaded by a Being of inconceivable power. His spaceship: the womb of a Jewish teenager. His weapon: a form of love more powerful than all the atomic bombs, or lasers or phasers that will … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
50 Comments
Was Mary a Virgin?
My first semester of college I took a lecture hall class called Folklore and Mythology from Dr. Glickman, a rock star educator if there ever was one. At the start of each session, 350 students would hush as Dr. G … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Religion/Faith
Tagged athiest, Christmas, Isaiah 7:14, Luke 1:28-34, Mary, Matthew 1:23, virgin
55 Comments