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  • Text Messages

    Did you ever experience that moment when you receive a text message from someone obviously meant for someone else? Most of us can relate; we get a message that was supposed to be from one friend to another friend, or even better, one friend to their spouse. Sometimes it takes us a minute to understand what is…

  • Things That Didn’t Used To Matter But Now Do, Part 3

    Here is my third installment of “Things That Didn’t Matter To Me That Now Do (Part 3).” For a complete picture, you also need to see Part 1 and Part 2, as well as my Top 10 List of Things I Don’t Care About Anymore (Part 1 and Part 2). 4. Mercy: I’m so different than I used to be, I really…

  • Five Iron Frenzy Is Back!

    Yesterday Five Iron Frenzy, (one of my favorite bands of all time) announced that they were going to record a new album and start performing live shows again. This is great news, and not just because I can’t stand the Stepford Wives style carbon copies of “cool” and “alternative” bands being forced at me on…

  • Top 10 Things I Don’t Care About Anymore, Part 2

    Here is Part 2 my “Top Ten” (Part 1, 10 -6 was published yesterday) list of things I don’t care about anymore. Next up: Things that didn’t used to matter to me that now do! TOP 10: Things I Don’t Care About Anymore (Part 1): 5. Arguing With You: I just don’t want to do this. Folks, all…

  • Top 10 Things I Don’t Care About Anymore, Part 1

    Here is my “Top Ten” (Part 1, 10 -6) list of things I don’t care about anymore. Tomorrow I’ll publish 5-1. Next up: Things that didn’t used to matter to me that now do! TOP 10: Things I Don’t Care About Anymore (Part 1): 10. Fitting In: I spent so much of my life stuck…

  • Singing Songs While Bullets Fly

    I hope that each time my faith is tested, that I come through for Jesus. I read courageous stories about ancient Christians under persecution for their faith and I wonder if many of us can measure up. In the pages of history, Christians persevere through slow, violent deaths. In today’s U.S., churchgoers leave the church…

  • Saint Patrick Deserves His Annual Recognition

    I took this photo of Saint Patrick on my last trip to the Emerald Isle, near the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland.    Every year Americans of proclaimed Irish ancestry celebrate a day dedicated to Saint Patrick by wearing green, listening to loud music (possibly traditional folk music,) and consuming considerable quanities of alcohol in various forms…

  • Don’t Eat The Fake Fruit

    I’ve never understood the point of having fake fruit. I’ve been in people’s homes and seen coffee tables and dining rooms alike adorned with centerpieces made up with hollow rubber grapes, plastic apples and bananas, and wooden pears. I get that there is a certain look people are going for but to me fake fruit…

  • Getting Back on the Ladder…

    Did you ever spend your money on something only to realize you now owned complete junk? That happened to me. Over Thanksgiving weekend, we purchased some new outdoor Christmas lighting. Nothing too tacky; just a couple red and green spotlights, some walkway candy canes, and some clear lights to line our roof. Roof lights can…