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Tag Archives: 2020
Things You Didn’t Expect To See
Enjoy this gallery of the weird, the witty, the oddly cool and the (sometimes) unexpectedly beautiful. Why? Just because. Although, when it comes to things we hadn’t expected to see, nothing will ever top 2020. Except for maybe 2021. (Click … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged 2020, 2021, amazing, funny, photoblog, photography, strange, unexpected, unknown
19 Comments
Einstein’s Advice for 2021
Albert Einstein needs no introduction. Not only is he the veritable icon for the word “genius,” he’s also one of the most quoted (and misquoted) people on earth. So I was only half-surprised, when reviewing his quotes, how applicable they … Continue reading
Posted in Quips and Quotes
Tagged 2020, 2021, advice, Albert Einstein, Covid-19, genius, hope, miracles, wisdom
32 Comments
Happy New Weird!
2020: The year we laughed until we cried. No, wait, make that cried until we laughed. Because, whatever else 2020 may have taught us, it taught us how to laugh in the face of absurdity–together, or, well, six feet apart, … Continue reading
Who Will You Be in 2021?
‘Future’ by Ahmed Carter (unsplash.com) Thought for the Week You who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so become yourself Because the past is just a goodbye ~“Teach Your Children” (Graham Nash) … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 2020, 2021, Covid-19, future, hopes, planning, truths, values
28 Comments
Keep Growing
Thought for the Week “The media only writes about the sinners and the scandals. But that’s normal, because a tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows.” ~Pope Francis Healthy trees never stop growing. ∴
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 2020, be the tree, discipleship, fruit, healthy, media, personal growth, Pope Francis
23 Comments
Science Fiction Nativity?
Guest Blog by InsanityBytes Gabrielle of InsanityBytes can be sweet (see her post “God Is Greater Than Our Heart“) or scathing. I don’t always agree with her, but I always appreciate her intelligence and wit. This post alerted me to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes, Writing
Tagged 2020, Christmas, funny, Guest Blog, manger, nativity, Vatican
27 Comments
How to Have a Merry COVID Christmas
Honestly? Like all the Whos in Whoville, my wife and I were pretty depressed when we first started talking about Christmas this year. It seemed Grinch-19 had stolen it right out from under us! For the first time in her … Continue reading
Our Thanksgiving Tree
Our Thanksgiving Tree A friend’s 9-year-old came home from school some years back, wearing a paper “Indian hat.” He excitedly told his historian father, “We learned all about the Thanksgiving party the pioneers threw for their Indian friends!” “Well, actually,” … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, 2020, God, gratitude, hope, Thanksgiving
32 Comments
Surreal Redecorating Ideas for the COVID Era
We’ve spent a lot of time at home this year. And somehow, in this surreal era, it seems appropriate that our home environments should suit our new reality–or lack thereof. So here are some suitably surreal redecorating suggestions (most of … Continue reading