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Tag Archives: life
Bringing Grandpa Home
My Real Memoir Somewhere along the line Grandma and Grandpa McLaughlin had moved from Los Angeles to the foot of California’s San Gabriel Mountains. Dating back to the early 1900s, the town of Upland was full of half-timbered craftsman homes … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, change, childhood, death, grandparents, life, meaning of life, My Real Memoir
53 Comments
Joyful Return
Photos: (Left) Daughter Beth and (new) Son-in-Law Sergio when they first started dating. (Middle) Princess Beth. (Right) Beth’s Wedding Shower So, my wife and I just flew home from California “and boy are our arms…” Oh, never mind. Our arms … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged adult children, daughter, joy, life, love, marriage, parenting, son-in-law
35 Comments
Thoughts for Living
I’m up to my proverbial eyeballs in projects once again – the chiefest of which is my daughter’s wedding (which I’m officiating, btw)! Hence, I’ll be on hiatus for a week or so. Therefore, this is the perfect time for you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged life, meaning of life, motivation, purpose, thought for the week, truth, wisdom
13 Comments
The Funny Ha-Ha (as opposed to This Smells Funny) Collection
I’m up to my proverbial eyeballs in projects once again – the chiefest of which is my daughter’s wedding (which I’m officiating, btw)! Hence, I’ll be on hiatus for a week or so. Therefore, this is the perfect time for … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes, Writing
Tagged blogging, collection, funny, life, love, marriage, silly
26 Comments
A Skewered Look at Life
Skip to conten My Featured Blogger this week is Rolli of Rollistuff. Rolli is a writer, cartoonist and songwriter, as well as the author of acclaimed books for adults and children, including Kabungo and The Sea-Wave. His fiction, poetry, essays, cartoons and … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes, Writing
Tagged blogging, cartoons, Featured Blogger, funny, life, reality, relationships
7 Comments
All That Matters
“All that matters is faith expressing itself through love.” ~Galatians 5:6 ∴
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged failure, Francis Chan, Galatians 5:6, life, love, purpose, success
11 Comments
Farthest-Away Star Ever Discovered!
Space, March 31 (United Press Irrational) NASA has just announced that the Hubble Space Telescope, using a new lensing technique, has located a star nearly 13 billion light years away. A red star, indicating advanced age, it is also the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged April Fools Day, extraterrestrial life, funny, life, Mars, NASA, news, space, telescope
22 Comments
Misspelled Life?
Photo by Johannes Plenio Thought for the Week We all struggle with just how fully to participate in life. Or whether to even do so at all. We must fight the impulse to disconnect, to hide rather than care for … Continue reading
Posted in Quips and Quotes
Tagged Albert Einstein, Anne Frank, Basil Hume, Ephesians 5:15-16, life, Mother Teresa, motivation, sacred, thought for the week
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Guilty
Photo by AJEL Thought for the Week A 60-word story She didn’t realize she’d done it. Still, ignorance is no excuse. What had she done? She’d threatened to hold another person hostage, insisting that that person meet her every need … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Writing
Tagged abortion, execution, judgment, justice, law, life, short story
31 Comments
I Am Involved in Mankind
Photo: Mitch Teemley “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged compassion, eternity, evangelism, Jesus, John 15:5, John Donne, life
25 Comments