Panhandling with the Silent Child

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  The sermon wasn’t particularly in-depth. What is there to say on Psalm Sunday, other than Jesus gave his all. What will you give? Tim was gone all weekend at a Key Club Convention in Seattle, so I didn’t have to worry about fixing anyone dinner. I made a quick run to Starbucks for the [...]

Still Undecided

Vote

  Did you watch the debate? I was driving home from Seattle so had to listen to the first hour the old-fashioned way, via a radio. Radio seems to be the perfect medium for debates. Listeners can’t see the eye roll, the smug lift of the chin, the wry grin, the tightening of the jaw, [...]

Remember Your Raising

Election

          My children tell me all the time and it is true — I am picky. Usually the kids say it this way, “I can’t believe you grew up in a trailer. You are so picky.” What they mean, of course, is that for someone who grew up on a beer [...]