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It’s a rainy Monday, Labor Day afternoon. I’m reading, surfing, playing, working, whatever I feel like. If only every day could be like this – spend a couple of hours working, then when you feel like it, see what’s going on in the Texans kicking team, checking movie schedules, writing a snooty email to a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )My Tax Burden
Would you like to know why the US economy is about to take a nosedive yet again? It’s because people will have less to spend. A *lot* less. Check out MyTaxBurden.org. Plug in fictitious numbers if you want. Then press the “Calculate” button and see how much more in taxes you’re about to spend next [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )What We Offer to the Lord
I. Introduction I’ve always joked that if I was ever asked to teach a lesson from the book of Leviticus, I would focus on the evils of shellfish. I’m allergic to shellfish – did any of you ever see the movie “Hitch” with Will Smith? And after another one of his disastrous dates where he [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Amazing Deliverance
I. Introduction Who in this class has a collection? Dolls, thimbles, something else? I used to collect pennies when I was a young teen. I’d go through my grandfather’s big jar of coins looking for specific pennies I didn’t have. The oldest penny I had was from 1916, if I recall correctly. Once, based on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 21 so far )Compassionate Action
I. Introduction It’s difficult to see God at work sometimes, isn’t it? Unanswered prayers, world hunger, wars. Our own lives, sickness, injuries. Let’s start off today with a list of problems. Things that we believe God should solve, should do differently. Some big “why” questions. I’ll start off with a couple. What’s up with that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )Praying About Difficult Decisions
I. Introduction From time to time, we all come to a big decision in our lives. I’ve lost my job; what should I do now? I have a medical issue; how should I treat it? Is this person right for me? Should I compromise, or should I stand my ground? We are faced with decisions [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Fourth Quarter GDP Growth Soars 5.7 Percent
Fourth Quarter GDP Growth Soars 5.7 Percent. Or at least, that’s what the news media and the government would have us believe. Yippee, the recession is over. Except I don’t believe it. I see no evidence of it. I think I’m being lied to. Do you believe what you’re being told?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Are You Smarter Than a Sixth Grader?
What could you possibly be saying to 6th graders that would require the use of a teleprompter? Our Teleprompter-In-Chief would be more equipped to speak off-the-cuff if his words had the power of his convictions.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Nuts vs. Creeps
I love this paragraph from Peggy Noonan today: Speaking broadly: In the 2006 and 2008 elections, and at some point during the past decade, the ancestral war between Democrats and the Republicans began to take on a new look. If you were a normal human sitting at home having a beer and watching national politics [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Kay Bailey Hutchison Loses a Voter
That’s it. Kay Bailey Hutchison will never get another vote from me. Socially issues, she’s ok. The positions she’s taken on abortion are mixed but generally pro-life, though the inconsistency indicates she’s voting pragmatically instead of from principles. She gets a 7% rating from NARAL indicating she’s pro-life, and a 75% rating from NRLC which [...]
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