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429 reasons not to worry

Peace is mentioned 429 times in the Bible. Why do you suppose the Lord emphasized it ...

Human stench

When I was in the 8th grade, I held a party and invited half the people in school ...

Open the drapes

As anticipated, I got lots of responses, both pro and con, for my post yesterday. ...

Perhaps the best and worst post I’ve ever written . . .

Lately, I have received a rash of unsubscribes. It reminds me of a post I sent out ...

I had a dream!

Yesterday I spoke with a friend of mine who was feeling old, tired, and sick. He had ...

What the heck is a prepper?

I received a strange letter from someone who simply signed his name "Peter" a few ...

I’m unlucky and wasn’t born rich . . . Wah!

I was conversing with a friend, and he lamented the fact that I do so many things ...

What to write today?

So, after writing Words for the Day 5 times a week for some 25 years or thereabouts, ...

The best of times

For all of those who missed church yesterday, I simply say you are missing out on ...

Celebrate the death?

Today marks the day that Christ was crucified and laid to rest in a tomb. I ...

Playing with fire

It seems that being a transgender (trans) is now in vogue. Surprisingly to me little ...

Anyone want to be a cannibal?

I read an article about noted atheist Richard Dawkins' views on cannibalism in ...

Turkeys

Few things are more enjoyable than the spring turkey season. This morning I walked ...

Head above the clover

I had a conversation with a man the other day that is not unlike many others whom I ...

Are we the Byzantines?

A friend on Facebook sent me the following article written by VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, ...

Grit your teeth but don’t get angry

We all get to a point in our lives where we stop and say, "I have no idea where God ...

Almost unbearable grief

A friend responded to my post about the Mississippi tornadoes recently and then told ...

Heart hole

I watched the movie Saving Private Ryan the other night and it reinforced my belief ...

Tornado Alley

Anyone who reads the news knows that Mississippi had devastating tornadoes that left ...

The antithesis of pain

In July 2000, I posted this reader submission: I asked God to take away my ...

Believe it or not

A reader sent me the following: Rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina often caused ...

Compassion is not a freckle!

I recently held a conversation with someone I have known all my life. The subject of ...

Windshield or rear-view mirror

My beloved brother Jim tragically took his own life several years ago, but it seems ...

God throws me a bone!

As an update over the weekend, my son Jon came home from the hospital again after ...