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“The church is not built on the people that come and go. It’s built on the people who stay. And we all know the secret: We all could have left a thousand times because we’ve all let each other down. Because we’re all imperfect beings and that’s the beauty of community.” Erwin McManus This past […]
February 10, 2017
My 33rd wedding anniversary is a week away. We will be traveling so I thought I would try to get an anniversary post out in advance. These tend to be when I am most self-disclosing and self-indulging. My life goals were fairly simple and have not changed appreciably over the last four decades. All I […]
January 23, 2017
Among the dangers of writing on topics about which one is passionate is that it is easy to cross the line into a rant. This one may be as close as I get to doing that. I was driving home from the gym with American Top 40 on the radio playing “When You Love Someone” […]
January 11, 2017
Since DVR’s came into common usage, I rarely see commercials anymore. If I do, it is either 1) in the gym (no audio), 2) during a football game (sadly watching the Chargers fall apart), or 3) the first commercial in the break is interesting enough to grab my attention before I can get to the […]
January 3, 2017
Happy New Year to you. I hope that the year is off to a good start for you and that your resolutions are intact. Liturgically, we are still in the season of Christmas for a few more days. Among the many rituals surrounding Christmas, my wife is quite fond of watching Hallmark Channel Christmas movies. […]
December 22, 2016
I suppose one should not take the lyrics of some Christmas songs to literally. Take “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” Some have observed that Santa’s constant scrutiny is a bit on the creepy stalker side of things. As a therapist, I note that the first offense against which we are warned is crying. It […]
February 22, 2017
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