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The Apprentice
I mowed my yard Saturday. I know, right? Sound the trumpets and shoot the fireworks! That’s some exciting news right there! Surprisingly, it was not really the act of mowing that is noteworthy here. It is instead my complete mastery of the… Continue reading
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Studies in Entropy
I’m not going to lie; this morning’s workout class HURT! It was the same, Monday-and-Wednesday class I do every week. The class is called Forever Fit and as the name clearly implies, it is clearly a workout class for OLD PEOPLE. So, you… Continue reading
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Can’t We Be Friends?
Any fans of the TV show “FRIENDS” out there? Millions of us tuned in every week between 1994 and 2004 to watch the antics of Ross, Chandler, Rachel, Phoebe, Monica, Joey and their madcap, interwoven lives. I was not a… Continue reading
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Singing vs. Softball
Just as one of my favorite “s” seasons comes to an end, another favorite “s” season begins. And no… I am not talking about spring and summer. I am referring here to singing season (the one just concluding) and softball season… the one just now cranking up. … Continue reading
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Which Messiah?
I must confess… I am more than a little worried. I am worried about the survival and well-being of this country, for starters. And it is not just the fact that we are currently governed by a group of people… Continue reading
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LOVE YOU, MOM
When it comes to mothers worth celebrating (as we are prompted to do on the second Sunday of every May), I am bountifully blessed. Due to several curious twists and turns along life’s road, I have hit the proverbial Maternal Motherlode.… Continue reading
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Is Jesus Offensive Enough?
Why did Jesus have to die? It is a great question… one that has been and will be grappled with in churches around the world. For one eloquent, detailed, and passionate answer to this question, I cannot recommend highly enough this… Continue reading
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A Blemishing Blunder
There is no other way to describe it. It was humiliating. Yesterday I was compelled to transport myself down to the Fort Collins Municipal Court building to try and explain to the city’s Powers That Be that – despite their rather persuasive… Continue reading
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Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild
“Gentle Jesus, meek and mild.” That is the Jesus I was taught about in Sunday school as a very young boy. I think I might have even learned a song with that phrase as the title. He was the Jesus… Continue reading
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A Dog’s Weltanschauung
Patrick is doing a lot better, thanks. To clarify… Patrick is our dog. He is a 10-year-old Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier. There he is, on the right… Joan and I have had Patrick since he was about a year and a half… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 