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Which Grinch Do You Remember?
The commercials always feature the grumpy Grinch–the Grinch who stole Christmas. Even now, many years after its first broadcast success, people accuse others who discount/derail/deride Christmas as a...
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The Case of the Missing Leg
I am a leg man…always have been. The way the leg reaches up to the thigh, succulent and firm and is, all at once, gone. Man, I love legs–especially when they’re fried. I know they’re bad for me…dark...
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Have You Had Your Affluenza Shot?
I trust that you have had your flu shot this year; I’ve had mine. I’m hoping it works this time; last year’s was a “fail” (at least that’s what I thought while I was lying in the hospital with...
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Embracing the Buts
Just to be clear–that’s one “t”–not two. We’ll not talk about the two “t” kind here. We all have “buts”…some are more talkative about them than others. The “buts” usually come in the way of...
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The Worst Four-Letter Word
You probably have your candidates. I remember a friend of mine telling the story of a ride in the car with his five-year-old son who starting spelling, “F…U…” My friend halted the boy with a, “What are...
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Vanishing Mists
I was in the hunt for a particular author of a particular book. It was a book about preaching, written by a prof who had taught me preaching in seminary. I know, you’re thinking, “Somebody taught you...
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Seven Things I Learned When They Told Me I Likely Had Cancer
I don’t have cancer…at least they don’t think so; they want me to get retested in three months to see for sure. But there were a couple of weeks when those who should know said, “Cancer is the most...
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Permanent Change of Station
As a former military guy, I quickly became acquainted with the acronym, PCS. It stands for “Permanent Change of Station,” which is a tad ironic since a PCS is anything but “P,” permanent that is. In...
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Three Things I Learned from Three Dog Night (It’s a Band; From the 60s…Sigh)
I went to a Three Dog Night concert last month to celebrate my birthday–the tickets were a gift from my dear wife. Several things surprised me about the concert. First, was that Three Dog Night was...
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Waiting to See Jake; Wondering about Wonder
Waiting to See Jake: Wondering about Wonder I had just sat down for my haircut. The stylist asked me how I wanted my hair cut and I said, “Number two all over and rounded in the back.” Stylists love...
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Oh for Two
I have to say that I love the disciples of Jesus–the original twelve. I listen to them in the Gospel accounts and I keep saying to myself, “Those dopes!” They never, ever, ever got it on the first go....
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This Little Life of Mine
I heard the old Sunday School song the other day: “This Little Light of Mine.” It got stuck in my head–the way I think it was meant to. It’s been rattling around ever since, but one of the words...
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We Ain’t Edward VIII — The Great Boomer Abdication
Abdications acquired a kind of romantic glow when Edward VIII of England abdicated to marry his American fiancé, Wallis Simpson. Many Americans gushed with the prospect of a King of England giving it...
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Just Call Me the BBQ Guy
I do like a good BBQ. I’m partial to beef ribs and brisket, but a carefully smoked rack of spare ribs will get me going too. So, when my lovely and brilliant wife was candidating for a pastoral...
View ArticleUncommon Purpose
It started with the Swedish television show, Expedition Robinson, was perfected in Survivor, and applied to the corporate world in The Apprentice. It is the world of magnified and amplified...
View ArticleAll I Want in My Cashew Chicken is More Chicken
We recently moved and we’ve been trying the local eateries. Today I stopped by a Chinese food place and ordered the Cashew Chicken (side note: it comes with fried rice, which explains the odd look on...
View ArticleIn Order to Be Servers, We Have to Be Servers
I will inevitably misapply some technological terms in this post. I beg your indulgence. We used to be servers (in the technology sense). We had built in capacity. We had memory–both working memory and...
View ArticleOn Being Wise, or Smart, or a Smart A**
I saw my dermatologist a while back. She looked me over in search of problematic skin developments because I once had a Basel Cell Carcinoma episode. (Note: when they carve on your ear, you can hear...
View ArticleWinnebangos and Other Self-Help Projects
Americans love self-help projects. Take the time to browse any bookstore (if you can find one) or tiptoe through Amazon.com and you’ll see hundreds of titles: everything from How to Build and Furnish a...
View ArticleSix More Things I Learned about Church Life and Ministry from Baseball
Baseball is the gift that keeps on giving. In a previous post, I detailed eight things that I have taken away from baseball that I think have impact on the Christian life and ministry. A recent game...
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