Category Archives: Humor Turned to Insight

Taking Sides vs. Taking Over

While I’ve never officiated as a qualified referee in an athletic contest, I’ve often felt like I needed a 

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A Name for that Day after “Black Friday”

Given our proclivity for applying names to certain otherwise ordinary days, I’m not surprised that someone decided to 

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Gratitude ~ Generosity’s Activating Ingredient

Surprisingly, contemplation of the arrival of another Thanksgiving in a fews days brought together two totally disconnected experiences I used to love as a kid. One was 

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Time to Shift Gears on Our Fears, Part 1 ~ FOMO Re-examined

Have you ever noticed that there are phrases and comments that seem to remind us of Jesus when we hear them? One that does that for me is a 

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Heroism ~ Behind the Scenes

Earlier this week, my wife and I did something we had only done one other time in all our years together. We 

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Whose Story Is It?

It was still early, but the lingering summer weather had robbed us of that morning chill in the air that announces the arrival of autumn. Nonetheless, the 

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