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Monthly Archives: August 2020
After the Storm
Buildings that have been traumatized by storms need restoration. So do human hearts. 2020 has been full of such storms. I know of no greater path to restoration than to trust in our designer and builder, the One who loves … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged 2020, Deuteronomy 31:8, fear, God, Jeremiah 29:1, trauma, trust
19 Comments
Where Babies Come From*
Old Myth: When a lady wants to be a mommy, a stork magically appears overhead with a baby in its beak and drops it into the lady’s house! But if the lady doesn’t want it–poof!–the stork takes it away! New … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged abortion, babies, choice, fetus, myth, pregancy, pro-life
25 Comments
Images and Words of Hope
“I remember when I started searching, and just in case was constantly rehearsing what I’d say when hope came back again, ‘Hey, what’s the deal, where have you been?’” ~from the song “Paradox,” featured in the motion picture Healing River … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Movies, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Anne Lamott, coronavirus, Covid-19, G.K. Chesterton, hope, J.R.R. Tolkein, pandemic
20 Comments
Votes for Women? Yes. But Why?
It seems an odd question to ask in our enlightened era (as if). But it’s worth asking this year, because in my country we’ve just celebrated the 100th anniversary of a woman’s right to vote, and every year on Women’s … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
20 Comments
granted
Originally posted on ProlixMe:
You’ll roll your eyes at the mess of my hairbrush. I’ll curse when you forget to lower the toilet seat. One night, we’ll go to sleep still angry and upset. But in the morning, I’ll wake…
Flooding in Your Spiritual Basement
“Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like the wise man who built his house upon a rock. And the rains fell, and the floods came and the wind blew… Yet it stands, for … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged basement, flooding, maintenance, prayer, sin
16 Comments
Me and Princess Leia’s Mom
I’ve always been in love with movies. As a kid I wanted with every fiber of my being to be Gene Kelly. To sing like him. To dance like him. But most of all, to kiss girls like him. Especially … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Movies
Tagged Carrie Fisher, Daily Planet, Debbie Reynolds, funny, music, rock band, theatre
51 Comments
What If It’s Not How We Expect It to Be
Dear believers: What if God’s plans for the future don’t go the way we expect them to? (Has the present?) What if everything plays out in a way we could never have imagined? Does it matter? Has it ever? All … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged 1 Corinthians 2:9, cartoon, God, love, trust, unexpected
43 Comments
The Old Man’s Ghost
A Strange-But-True Story As a theatre student, I once chose a charming but obscure play to direct. Loosely based on Gogol’s “The Overcoat,” the play concerned a Tailor in the Jewish garment district of pre-WWII London. In it, the ghost … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Story Power
Tagged amazing, coincidence, Jewish, London, short story, theatre, true story
18 Comments