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Inside Your Own Hula Hoop 26 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
Here is an ironclad prescription for personal misery: Attempt to keep everything, every person, every detail, and every moving part of your life, family, job, health, or schedule in precise working or...
The Ones Jesus Loves 19 Aug 2013 | 02:15 pm
"Just who do you think you are?" Now there's a question that has been posed and pointed more than a few times. Usually it is a weaponized question of sorts, laden with accusation; or it is a declarati...
The Rabbi's Gift 12 Aug 2013 | 04:43 pm
There is an old story about a monastery that fell on hard times. Once it had thrived, but over the years it had become so decimated that only a few old monks were left living in an even older house......
No More Show and Tell 5 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
In American literature, the biggest religious pretender of all time is probably Sinclair Lewis’ Elmer Gantry. While most of us have not read the book, we may remember the movie. The film was a 1960 ma...
Take It Outside 29 Jul 2013 | 03:58 pm
It was the early 1980s. It was Texas. It was December. It was a Southern Baptist church. It is customary in Southern Baptist churches to take up an offering during the Advent season to support mission...
Fight On 22 Jul 2013 | 05:05 pm
For the last several months I have been keeping a regular appointment with an oncologist. I’m not the one receiving care, however. My friend has lung cancer, and I have been accompanying her as she re...
Catching Up 15 Jul 2013 | 05:09 pm
“Be sure your sins will find you out.” That’s what the Good Book says, and my mother quoted those words to me a lot while I was growing up. In fact, she once arranged for the public demonstration of.....
Seeing Stars 8 Jul 2013 | 04:28 pm
My wife attended Lutheran Catechism. My neighbor went to an Adventist Sabbath class. My college friend was enrolled in a Yeshiva. And I attended Sunday School. I suppose these are all different names ...
Mixing is a Mistake 1 Jul 2013 | 04:12 pm
Regardless of the particular denomination, most of this country's churches are fiercely joined to American nationalism. On this Independence Day weekend you will likely find "God and Country" rallies ...
You Have to Trust Somebody 24 Jun 2013 | 04:18 pm
Whenever someone says, “Trust me,” I start looking for the door, or at least a wall to back up against. Experience has taught me that too much pain, too many betrayals, and too many knives in the back...
