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Monthly Archives: September 2021
Why (at Least Some) Bad Things Happen
I don’t often get a sense of “why bad things happen.” You know, the “senseless” stuff we didn’t plan on—illness, lost income, the death of a friend. But a few years back, while writing the screenplay for my movie Healing … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged addiction, bad things, car accident, God, Healing River, purpose, reasons, why
54 Comments
What if Our Conception is Wrong?
My Featured Blogger this week is Gordon Couch, aka “Rocky,” of The Fractured Rock. Rocky is a retired businessman, world traveler, and longtime teacher at his church. He and his wife of 50 years have the foothills of Tennessee’s spectacular … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith, Writing
Tagged blogging, eternity, Featured Blogger, God, life after death
41 Comments
Newspapers and Talking Birds
My Real Memoir Dad was ambitious to a fault. Acquiring a newspaper dealership in a brand-spanking-new suburb was great (honestly, I don’t recall any more than the usual amount of spanking). But it would be some time before enough customers … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, funny, hound dog, Los Angeles, My Real Memoir, mynah, nostalgia, talking bird
28 Comments
“Wisdom Begins in Wonder” ~Socrates
Thought for the Week A child’s sense of wonder is a priceless commodity. Perhaps the only thing of equal value is the retention of that commodity into adulthood. ⇓ “Kids think with their brains cracked wide open. Becoming an adult, … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Albert Einstein, childhood, G.K. Chesterton, Jodi Picoult, magic, thought for the week, wisdom, wonder
24 Comments
A Peaceful Heart
Photo by Marko Blažević “Peace is simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of the soul, the bond of love. Peace means order, harmony in our whole being… It is the holy joy of a heart in which God reigns.” … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged God, Isaiah 26:3, joy, peace, serenity, soul, trust
12 Comments
If It Can’t be Explained, It Didn’t Happen
Art by AnAngryScottsman The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Zack Dore lived for the fantastic, for adventure, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Humor, Story Power, The Wishing Map, Writing
Tagged adventure, fantasy, imagination, impossible, young adult
18 Comments
Animals: What’s Not to Love?
I’m on record as a card-carrying animal-lover. But, I mean, what’s not love? Enjoy your weekend! Click on any image to enlarge it, to read caption, or to begin slide show.
Posted in Humor
Tagged animals, cats, cute, dogs, funny, loving animals, nature, photoblog, photography
44 Comments
Fall Has Fell!
Artwork by The Creators Canvas Wishing all of my fellow-Northern-Hemispherians a Happy Autumnal Equinox! (And a Happy Spring Equinox to all of my Southern-Hemispherian friends!) Of course, technically the equinox (“equal night”) was yesterday–or the day before that for those … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged autumn, change, equinox, fall, funny, hemisphere, seasons, spring
19 Comments
Unarmed Hungers
Originally posted on Wrestling Word:
This is the place?where unnamed hungers?are fed, the place?of clear water,?refreshment.? A fellow blogger, Deep calls to deep, recently posted a poem, a redux of, or leading back to, the 23rd Psalm (full poem below).…
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Writing
Tagged Bible, blogging, Featured Blogger, hidden, librarian, study, treasure, wisdom
7 Comments
The Day My World Got Bigger
My Real Memoir Learn how to sign your name! Seriously! Sometime near the end of 2nd grade, I signed my first work of art using an ancient form of chirography called “cursive.” It depicts a rather short Native American boy … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, Beatles, childhood, funny, library, memories, milestones, My Real Memoir
29 Comments