Dollars and Sense

The movie Jerry Maguire (1996) turned the line “show me the money” into an entry in our modern lexicon. We’ve all heard TV cop shows say, “follow the money” and we’ll find the mind behind the crime. That’s probably good advice in today’s topsy-turvy world of political positions that seem contrary to common sense and rational thought. The Apostle Paul […]

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Winners / Losers

Tomorrow is the anniversary of 9/11 (2001). I can’t believe it’s one year short of two decades since those cowardly attacks on our homeland. Anyone under 20 wasn’t even born yet, and it just seems like yesterday to me. Now that makes me feel old. I remember hearing the Twin Towers referred to as “ground zero” many times after the […]

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How’s Your Weather

Technically, Fall isn’t here for another 20 days. But it was only 44 degrees when I went out to get my paper yesterday. I’ve lived in the upper Midwest and visited my daughter in Houston, so I don’t complain about Colorado Springs weather—cold or hot. Speaking of cold or hot, one thing I love about God’s Word is that it […]

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Watch Where You’re Going

Never thought I’d trip over my own shoe sole. I guess it’s because sometimes I don’t pick up my feet far enough and my rubber soles grab and hold the tile or concrete or whatever. I can only remember it happening once where my sole caught the edge of a step and down I went. Fortunately, the ground broke my fall […]

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Birthdays and Divorce

Yesterday was my birthday. Today would have been my daughter Staci’s 47th. But I buried her just a couple days after her first. Many would say, “how sad.” And I did for a while because I felt the loss, the emptiness. And even now, I can get teary-eyed when I think of her. But I believed then and even more […]

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What’re the Odds?

We’re in the middle of an election year and everybody has hope that their candidate will win. One side is trying to paint as bleak a picture as they can while blaming the darkness on the incumbent and denying any culpability. The other side is dipping their brush in buckets of hope and painting a bright future with unlimited possibilities. […]

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