Monday Musings
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2009
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Provoking Our Children to Wrath
Provoking Our Children to Wrath A few days ago, there was an article in the main stream media about a father in Riverview, Florida who disciplined his daughter by beating her with a belt and then...
Footprints of Faith
Recently, I was rereading a copy of an 11 year old Focus on the Family article entitled “Footprints of Faith.” The author, Wendy Lawton told the story of a priceless family treasure that came in the...
Without Wax
In my opinion, Dan Brown is a good story teller. And because I enjoy his stories (certainly not his theology), I read his latest book last weekend. At one point, he is pointing out a statue that has...
“Putpockets”
Time magazine has a feature they call “Lexicon” and since I am such a lover of words, I usually read the little article each week. A while back, they coined this term, “Putpockets” as a new noun. On...
Drive-Thru Prayer
We have drive-thru food and drive-thru dry cleaners, we even have drive-thru coffee huts, why not drive-thru prayer? A church in Phoenix recently pondered that question and decided to turn their...
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
The human body is an amazing creation. I am told that we are able to distinguish some 10,000 different smells. The tissue in our brains weighs only 3 pounds, but there are complex interactions of...
Honoring Veterans
A few weeks ago, a Civil War soldier’s remains were found at the site of the Battle of Franklin in Tennessee. Although those who reburied him knew neither his name nor even which side he fought on,...
Food Fight!
During my first year of college I was involved in a first class food fight. I am certainly not proud of such immature, irresponsible behavior, but I can't tell you that it wasn't fun! If I remember...
Silly Laws
There is a funny commercial on the radio that leads into their message by quoting a dumb state or city law. I found them so intriguing that I looked up a web site of a whole bunch of other silly...
Winning isn’t Everything
I am a sports nut. And for most of my life, I have giggled at an often repeated sports cliché that says, "winning isn't everything, but it is way ahead of whatever is in second place." When I played...
Somebody Needs Your Love
Someone sent me a story a week or two ago, and I would like to share it with you. A nine year old boy sits at a desk in a third grade classroom. All of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet...
Wise Men (and Women)
A casual reader of the scriptures might think that the "wise men" (the Magi) first appear in our bibles in the account of the birth of Jesus. Truth is, some 600 years before the birth of Jesus, the...
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