Tuning them out and turning on them
SAFETY EXPERTS recommend not wearing earphones when out cycling or running alone in a sketchy area because you’re at greater risk of getting run over or…
Facing the feast challenge
MARCIA AND I have a simple philosophy when it comes to the lottery. We don’t buy a ticket unless the jackpot has grown into the mega…
When trust goes down the drain
IT’S BEEN SAID that always telling the truth is best because it means that you never have to remember what you said previously. But there’s another…
Don’t be crabby, try an ABBY!
MOST ANNUAL AWARDS ceremonies are an exercise is discomfort. First you have to squeeze into an ill-fitting tuxedo or pair of tight, strappy shoes, and then…
A wistful Christmas
IT WASN’T EVEN lunchtime on Christmas Day, but the young boy sat glumly in the corner as those around him laughed and celebrated. When she asked…
A few more Josephs
THOSE WHO REJECT the idea that all the best seats in church are reserved for men only have long pointed to the fact that its very…
Skills and scolds
YEARS BEFORE THE advent of social media, a political cartoonist I knew pretty much summed up this new digital world with his definition of his work:…
It’s Christmas party (not piety) time!
A GENTLE REMINDER, this Christmas season, for fellow believers: there’s a difference between suffering for Jesus and being insufferable for Jesus. Let’s spend more time pointing…
5 Tips for Squirmy Waiting
YOU MAY HAVE seen the meme that trumpets in big capital letters, “This too will pass!” Then, in smaller print, is the kicker: “It may pass…
Lessons in true thankfulness
HAVING BEEN RAISED in oh-so-proper England, I learned to be polite come what may. Which is how, when living in drug-liberal Amsterdam and being accosted by…
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