Was talking to my newly-minted junior high school daughter last night about life and school and changes and such. Out of nowhere came this: “I love middle school. I haven’t been asked to walk single file once. What a wasted skill to learn that was!” It was said with confidence and certainty and disdain and…

Remember all of those great pictures that you’ve sent me for “thin places”? And all those emails you’ve sent voicing opinions on this and that? Well, they are, as my two-year-old likes to say, “Alllll GONE!” I’m not quite sure how it happened but it has happened. It has something to do with a syncing…

Something good: More than 1,000 children will be spending a fun-filled, God-centered day with their imprisoned fathers in one of the nation’s most notorious jails on Saturday. The grounds of Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola has been transformed into a carnival where some 1,100 kids will enjoy crafts, games and a meal with their fathers.…

When did hypocrisy become the greatest of all vices? I obviously overstate but to look at the news is to see joyous revelry at revelations of hypocrisy – Larry Craig, Al Gore’s flying around in private jets, John Edwards driving an SUV and on and on. True, Jesus wasn’t into hypocrites – particularly religious ones.…

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