“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I. Send me!’” (Isaiah 6:8) If you’ve been a Bible reader or an avid listener of sermons for any length of time, you know God was commissioning his prophet Isaiah to do the difficult …
Punishing Runaways
I ran away from home once. I couldn’t technically be called a “runaway” since I was only five and really just walked down the street and got lost. It was my parents’ first clue that I didn’t come from the manufacture with a built-in GPS. A cop found me wandering around the neighborhood and brought …
Hot-Mic Horrors
I used to talk a lot. I mean, I did it for a living. When that’s your life, gaffes, mispronunciations, and faux pas come in batches. I blame it on being sleep deprived. Reason I couldn’t sleep was because I couldn’t stop agonizing over the last stupid thing I said in public and what would …
The Kicker
Confession: I’m not a soccer fan. I’m not against it. I just don’t follow it. Maybe I’d like it better if they made the goal twice the size and made the goalie play on his knees? Until recently I thought the World Cup had something to do with an alcoholic beverage containing ingredients from around …
Happy Birthday, Mr President!
[I know I’m a little late to the “punch” on this story, but stupid stuff like this happen at such a clip it’s hard to keep up with it.] Some say Trump’s bare-knuckle brawl on the White House lawn was to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary. Others argue that it was all about his own 80th …
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