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Health Care in the World’s Richest Nation
Beth’s been receiving bills lately. Now, I know that we all have to pay our bills. She’s been receiving bills from a doctor’s office because her insurance isn’t paying it. She received some lab services through her doctor’s office and it seems the insurance company didn’t think it would be important to test to see…
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Taste of the Town
Yesterday I was on the way home from picking up Cameron from school. As has become common practice for us, we began talking about the things he did in school that day. Who did you play with on the playground? Did you read a story at circle time? What story? Did you take your nap? …
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Watch This Twice
I was looking online at contemporary Christian music and I ran across this skit that was performed to a song that I know and like called “Never Alone” (by BarlowGirl). I have to admit that this skit seemed dark and ill-conceived at first. I’m really glad I chose to watch the whole thing! This skit is about…
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Two Guitars??!?
Holy expletives, Batman!! I’ve never even heard of this before!!
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Santa Clarita UMC Video
A friend asked that I post a video from preaching at Santa Clarita UMC on Sunday the 28th of December (that’s 2008 folks). So here’s the video. It’s long, so plan on spending around 25 minutes here. The first part of the video is my arrangement of “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” followed by…
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Sodom & Gomorrah
I recently finished a paper on the biblical story of Sodom & Gomorrah. I wanted to post it here because it’s been used recently and often as a way to marginalize the gay population, and I think it’s a bastardization of the text (at best!) and a completely inappropriate use of God’s word. I offer it…
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Drive-through Weirdness
How come people drive up to the magic talking order-machine at a fast-food drive-through and open their door? I really don’t understand this. What’s wrong with putting down your window? Are there really that many cars out there with busted windows? Is there an epidemic? When I go through a drive-through, I put down my…
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Musical Taste
The other day I walked into the room and Cameron was singing “Santa Clause is Coming to Town.” How cute, right? But it just didn’t seem like he was singing the melody quite right. I kept listening, ’cause it sounded pretty familiar. Then it hit me!! He wasn’t singing the classical Fred Astaire / Mickey…
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Separation
I’m struggling. It’s been over a month, and I still don’t understand how we as humans – we as Christians (and yes, there are many different “versions” of Christians) – could take a class of people and send a message of “less than equal.” You aren’t living your lives correctly, so you can’t have the…
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In the Car
We’re in the car. Yes, right now. More on that in a minute. Beth started singing “He’s Got the Whole World,” using the pronoun “he.” To be obnoxious, I chimed in singing the song with the pronoun “she.” We ended up both getting mixed up and laughing while Cameron appeared mildly amused (and mostly disinterested)…