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Does Avoiding Immodesty Make Me Modest?

We passed by the “restaurant that Mommy doesn’t like” the other day. I know this because every time we pass this particular establishment, my little guy pipes up from the back seat, “Oh, look, look. There’s that restaurant Mommy doesn’t like.” I force …

If I Don’t Do it, it Won’t Get Done

  Yesterday, I listened to someone trying to decide between opportunities after finishing college. In describing one opportunity, she said something along the lines of “If I don’t stay around to do that, I’m worried it won’t get done.” In my mind, …

“Show Me in the Bible”

  There are two kinds of legalism among Christians. One is the kind that adds extra-biblical restrictions on Christian behavior like dancing or drinking alcohol. Then there’s the kind that follows this phrase, “Show me in the Bible where …” When …

How Christians Treat Christians

I went to my first church voters’ meeting in a couple years recently. I’d never meant to stop going (health issues interrupted the habit, then inertia took over) but I quickly was reminded of something I hadn’t missed. As often happened before, several …

Lessons from My First Job (at Wal-Mart)

Back in the day, it was time for me to start looking for my first job. So one of my best friends and I decided to apply at the closest place to our homes — Wal-Mart. We dropped off our applications, and a couple of hours later we got a call from one of …

Not Because It Is Easy

Forty years ago today I sat in the back of my family’s 1967 VW Minibus parked alongside the Intracoastal Waterway a few miles north of the Kennedy Space Center. My dad had awakened us at zero-dark-thirty to make the hour trek from our home to Titusvill …

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