With ~ or Without?

This is my birthday weekend, so to help me celebrate the fact that I’ve lived another whole year, I decided to give all my readers a gift they never expected, so brace yourselves. I’m planning to deliver a post that (hopefully) will be Continue reading

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A Way ~ When There Is No Way

I love praise music, but sometimes choruses get a little too repetitive to suit me. They kick in something called the law of diminishing returns. It’s like comparing the first  Continue reading

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Christmas Season ~ Gone Viral

Unanticipated gifts characteristic of the holiday season seem to be arriving a bit early this year, but not in a good way. We’re kicking off the Christmas season with a surprise package no one wanted – except, of course, for fear mongering bureaucrats and media trolls who salivate over any new reason to promote panic. Our first gift of the 2021 Christmas season is the Continue reading

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“Great” Expectations

For nearly a week now, multitudes of us have been praying for the innocent victims of the hellish attack that took place in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Compassion makes us wonder what it would have been like if  Continue reading

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The Sincerest Thanksgiving Ever

There has to be a country song that includes a line like, “Here We Go Again,” and if I knew it, I’d feel like singing a chorus of it right now. Impulses like that should at least keep me from publishing a video podcast, right? In any case, I can Continue reading

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Just One More Thing . . .

I’m about to do a risky thing right out of the starting gate today. And no, I’m not about to engage in a verbal tirade about the demise of traditional values and common sense guaranteed to ignite a feeding frenzy in the carnivorous  Continue reading

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