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I have a hyperactive mind. Sometimes it has trouble powering down when the lights go out. My wife drifts off and there I lay thinking of random stuff. Sometimes it’s good stuff. Or just silly things that make me smile. Last night I thought of all the things I wanted to be in life. Hockey…

What is the nicest thing someone has ever said to you?   At the swimming pool a lady in the change room was singing a beautiful worship song. My wife Ramona came around the corner and said, “Sing it sister!” The lady said, “I’m sorry. I’m embarrassed. I didn’t know anyone was here.” Ramona said,…

A friend and I were talking politics the other day. We had better things to do, but we took the bait and swallowed hard. Then he spoke the immortal words, “I think we need to get back to the good old days.” I don’t think so for two reasons: 1. Nothing seems to change. 100…

America’s Funniest Home Videos has been on the air for more than 30 years thanks to two facts: 1. People do bonehead stuff. 2. People enjoy watching others do bonehead stuff. So we see humans bounce from rooftops onto trampolines, steer bicycles into trees and snap ropes while attempting to swing across shallow creeks.  …

Alice Cooper, Katy Perry, Rick Warren, Denzel Washington, Nat King Cole and Jane Austen share one thing in common. They’re preachers’ kids. PKs. You may be a PK if: Family vacations involved a preacher’s conference. You’ve ever been used as a sermon illustration. You and a sibling used to baptize each other in the bathtub.…

With world events being what they are, I am reminded of a true story that encouraged me years ago, not to place bets, but to trust that our sovereign God will move in the hearts of men and women throughout the world.   Bob Hunter, a Washington, D.C. businessman, was a new Christian with plenty…

From the time our kids were small, they’ve wondered about heaven. One night during supper, Stephen, our eldest, asked, “When you die, do they take you to the body shop?” “Sort of,” I laughed. “But your spirit goes to be with Jesus.” “I don’t wanna go to heaven,” said Jeffrey. “All we’re gonna do is…

Are you fed up with the way you did things last year? Does something need to change? Then maybe you should make a New Year’s Resolution. If you don’t know what this is, it’s a to-do list for the first week of January. Ok, some of my more diligent friends make it to February, but…

Christmas is coming, friends. Ah, the food, the turkey, the pumpkin pie, the beets! Okay, not the beets so much, but you get the idea. Someone said there’s going to be a toy shortage this year. “Hurry and stock up!” I told him we had a Christmas toy shortage every single year when I was…