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What Did You Call Me?
Have you noticed you can pick up when someone uses your name – even if it’s across a crowded room with all sorts of distracting noise? You may not be able to hear everything that’s being said but you just know it’s all about you; You heard them say your name. Read the rest of this entry
If I Give A Dog A New Name, Will He Still Bite Me?
A few years back there was a trend to rename churches. Everyone wanted to lose all the denomination tags and baggage and rework the image of their churches. Read the rest of this entry
Why Does Size Really Matter?
Small churches don’t necessarily qualify for some special badge of honor. It all depends on why they are small. Large churches don’t enjoy special standing with God because of their size. Read the rest of this entry
The Pathetic Alternative to the Corporate Church
If the church isn’t designed to be a corporation but we try to organize it that way we will produce something that isn’t the church. We can call it a church if we want to but it will fail to deliver the right product. Read the rest of this entry
How to Live With Enemies and Uglies
We all have to do it; we all have to live and get along with insufferable and intolerable fools. Some people are just plain nasty and we aren’t sure why. Others just have a bad-hair day all day and every day. Read the rest of this entry
The Focus that Brings Me Success
What’s wrong with Jesus? His disciples finally begin to show consideration for each other and he stops it dead in its tracks.What’s with that? After three years Simon finally began to get the idea that he should be concerned about the other guys. Jesus had told them to love one another so it must be right to be concerned about what would happen to them. He asked the question and got told to butt out of their business! Confusing? Yep! Read the rest of this entry
No More Guilt Trips and Unrelenting Windows Crashes.
It’s the time of year to get tired of people talking about resolutions and stuff we know we’ll never really do. Most people are getting too smart for this now and just keep on with life as normal without all the guilt trips. Read the rest of this entry
Don’t You Feel Sorry for Serena Williams?
“I don’t love tennis today but I’m here,” she said after beating Chanelle Scheepers, 6-2, 6-3, in the first round of the Brisbane International. “I can’t live without it — there’s a difference between not loving something and not being able to live without it. I have never liked sports and could never understand how I became an athlete.” Read the rest of this entry
How To Ruin Christmas And The Holidays
Here’s an article obviously written by a masochist or a sadist. I do know that anyone following this advice is risking their worst Christmas ever! Yet after all has been said and the recovery is underway, he may have a valid point which only someone stupid enough to try what he suggests could prove. Read the rest of this entry
The evil twin of prejudice.
He was a great football player and she was an awesome model. They were rich and did all the right things that rich people should do. There were rumors about infidelity and temper tantrums but we expect to find these things in the truly great. Obviously they are role models for us all, if only we could be like them! Read the rest of this entry
