My 2 year old daughter is still figuring out church.  She generally does not like the nursery. but she does like the music, stairs, free snacks, and crayons. 
Nicki normally goes out during the sermon, but this time we kept her in as she was doing rather well coloring and we heard there was to be [...]

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Every summer at Washington Family Ranch I get suckered into going on this thing called the Blob.  It’s like a giant air worm sitting in a lake.  The object is to run off of a high-rise platform, to the back end of the Blob thereby launching another individual off the front end in a catapult-like action.
In [...]

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You won’t believe this, but it’s true.  There are parents who do not tell their children there is a Santa.  How pray tell will they know the true meaning of Christmas?  Well you see my friends, these non-conformists are trying to replace Santa with Jesus. 
This is a great unjustice that must be stopped.  I mean think of the [...]

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In Bible College I had a professor named Dr. Knoffel Staton.  He was a great teacher that students loved, because he was not only spunky and dynamic but in his late 70’s. 
Dr. Staton would flail his arms around, walking to and fro, and intermittently raising his voice as he would get excited about his subject [...]

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As a younger youth pastor, I once walked into my church office while some friends were photocopying different parts of their anatomy parts.  Faces, hands, butts…
I’m really hoping that it was done in that order.  I highly recommend that you use some kind of sanitizer on any photocopy machine before putting your face on the glass.  [...]

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I love that we live in a country where we can listen to Christian Radio.  I even enjoy listening to Christian radio, and have a few stations on my presets in the car.  However, I have a small bone to pick. 
Why on God’s green earth are we still hearing songs like “What if Cartoons got [...]

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This is the time of year when I always felt a little depressed as a child.  The end of summer.  The end of freedom.  The end of life.  Death.  Well, maybe death is a little over dramatic.  Yet, to replace fun, freedom, no responsibility, and playtime with getting up early, bathing, and going to school it [...]

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