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My gratitude for answered prayer My New Year’s resolution last year was to eat an apple a day. So that means I have just a few hours to eat 365 apples. One guy sent a note to friends on New Year’s Eve, “I have decided to put my past behind me. So if I owe…

What you missed in Charlie Brown’s Christmas special One of the most profound books my pastor father ever brought home was called “The Complete Peanuts.” I learned much while smiling my way through that book. From Charlie Brown I learned that rejection and insults would come. Soldier on. I learned it’s okay to be scared.…

I was homeschooled. Until the age of five. At which point my parents gave up on me and handed me over to our educational system. My daughter schools three children at home and I couldn’t admire her more. I think that if my mother homeschooled me, she may have run away from home by second…

Eight riches we overlook every day A pirate captain set out to retrieve a treasure chest he had buried, full of gold and silver—the booty he had plundered. It was hidden deep in a swamp at the center of the island. He and his first mate bravely entered the swamp and soon were up to…

Becoming the right kind of “tattle tale” Did you ever have a kid in your class who was known as a tattle tale? A squealer? I went to a Christian school. On the very first day Leslie Kolibaba squealed on me for having my eyes open during prayer. I have wondered for years, how did…

Like me, most children enjoy any excuse to get out of school. One wrote a note to the teacher. “There will be no school this week so Colin can stay home and play video games. From Mrs Teague.” I doubt it worked. Peter forged a note, requesting a four-day break from school. The reason for…

Where to go when life is the pits It’s that time of year when we set our minds on things we’re thankful for, like the chance to eat turkey until our waist bands threaten to snap. Food stories abound at Thanksgiving. This is from JM: “The first time I cooked a turkey I was careful…

This morning my wife told me I snored. I thanked her, because here is a woman who at some point in the night made a decision to let me live. Have you ever been at a wedding gone wrong? Here are some actual wedding happenings. When the pastor asked for the rings, the best man…

Four stepping stones to life together My wife is eight months older than I. No one believes this. One of us looks like George Burns, and the other looks like…my wife. Ramona was in the grocery store. Someone asked, “Is it your dad who writes those books?” She said, “Yes.” Pray for her. One day…