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Monthly Archives: October 2020
A Traditional Halloween Blessing for Curmudgeons
Hey, don’t laugh, it happens: Honestly? We’re leaving the porch light off this year (does that make us curmudgeons?) and settling in for a Mandalorian binge. You? But on the plus side: Daylight Savings Time ends tonight, so we all … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes, Videos
Tagged blessing, Daylight Savings Time, funny, Halloween, Madalorian, pandemic, trick or treat
28 Comments
The Most Imaginative Halloween Ever
Forget zombies and vampires. If there was ever a year we needed our imaginations, it’s this one. The people below have, and the results are amazing! I loved creating crazy Halloween decorations and costumes as a kid. But nowadays I … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged amazing, costumes, creative, funny, Halloween, imagination, pandemic, photoblog
22 Comments
Let it Flow!
There’s never been a better time to talk about healing. From civil strife and viral fear. From isolation. In the midst of a worldwide medical/social pandemic, we’re more alienated than ever from each other, and oddly enough from ourselves. Why? … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Videos
Tagged Amazon, forgiveness, healing, pandemic, top-rated, YouTube
16 Comments
Is Halloween Evil?
It’s tempting to answer, “Sure, this year everything is!” But taking a post-pandemic view, the question is posed every year by a lot of well-meaning people… “Is Halloween evil?” Short answer: No, we are. Evil lives in people, not in … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes, Videos
Tagged comedy, evil, Halloween, Mitch & Allen, redemption, sin
70 Comments
How to Host a (Virtual) Watch-and-Laugh Halloween Party
It’s a pandemic Halloween. Probably not the best year for a live Halloween party. And trick-or-treating is pretty iffy, too. So what to do? Amazon to the rescue! They’ve put together everything you need for a Virtual Watch-and-Laugh Halloween Party … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes
Tagged comedy, family, funny, Halloween, party, virtual
4 Comments
Own Your Errors
Thought for the Week “Admit your mistakes,” is hardly the motto of our current culture. If anything, it’s the opposite. Being exposed for having ever been anything other than what one claims to be can mark the end of a … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 1 Timothy 4:15, confession, errors, honesty, humility, mistakes, politics, self-improvement
70 Comments
Made for Him
“For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.” ~Colossians 1:16 Ω
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Charles Spurgeon, Colossians 1:16, creation, emptiness, God, life, purpose
14 Comments
Sympathy for the (Little) Devils
I recently wrote about my war with the yellow jackets. After they attacked me for daring to blow leaves near their underground lair, I counterattacked. Unsuccessfully and painfully. But several days later, armed with advice from my fellow bloggers, Trudy … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir
Tagged attack, funny, prayer, respect, sympathy, wasps, yellow jackets
33 Comments
50 Truly Clever Memes
The word meme comes from the same source as the word mime. Both can be clever, or incredibly annoying. Like when a mime starts building an imaginary box around you while you’re hunting for a public restroom. Also, memes don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 2020, cats, coronavirus, dogs, funny, memes, mime
43 Comments
Can’t Choose Just One Word? Combine ‘Em!
Portmanteau. Yeah, I know, you’re thinking, “I was there once! It’s on the French Riviera, right?” Sorry, Jacques, non. A portmanteau is a new word created by mashing together two (or more) pre-existing words. For example, I’m going to write … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged English, funny, inventive, language, mash-up, portmanteau, slang, witty
44 Comments