Humor

1 April by Andrew Wencl

Lot’s Lament: A New Take on the Direct TV Commercials (Gen 13, 19)

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When you trust in wealth more than God, you move to a wealthy wicked city. When you move to a wealthy, wicked city, you don’t quite fit in. When you don’t quite fit in, people want to molest your house guests. When people want to molest your house guests, God destroys your city with sulfur [...]

27 January by Jeremy Parks

Electric Fences and Missionary Kids: A Study in Situational Judgment

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Stacy and I have three children.  This story is about two of them, Preston (age 13) and Zach (age 10).  Our kids are what many people call MKs, missionary kids.  Preston has lived just about 3 years in the US in his life, while Zach only has about 2 years in the US.  The rest [...]

10 December by Anthony Russo

Don’t Forget to Send Out Your Christmas Cards

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By some accounts, Christmas cards account for, well, a lot of money.  That’s a less than honest way of saying I was too lazy to do the research because I’m already past deadline to get this column to Dave Miller.  Anyway, it’s a lot.  And so is postage.  This is a topic that we need [...]

26 October by Anthony Russo

McMarriage Counseling

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Thinking about what to write today, my wife suggested I write something lighter since my last few essays were heavy-duty. Wives are great for reading us husbands, aren’t they? Oftentimes I’m slow to recognize what my wife has known for a long time. Yesterday was a perfect example of this. We were home and I [...]