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Being Early Made Me Late
I’m not sure why some people are habitually late. Maybe they enjoy being the center of attention when they walk through the door and everybody else is there.
Rejection
My ninth-grade English teacher told my class to write a one-page story, so I wrote a science fiction story about a man who was marooned on the moon.
Good Enough
At home, my parents were always encouraging me, telling me I could do anything I put my mind to. In their eyes, everything I did was wonderful.
The Honest Truth
Daddy looked mystified. “Have you seen my fishing knife?” I shook my head. “Not me.
Unashamed (Part 3 of 3)
The apostle Paul said we should do our best to live peaceably with everyone (Romans 12:18). In other words, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Unashamed (Part 2 of 3)
If you don’t want to be noticed, then look and act like everybody else. One day I went with a friend for lunch at a Japanese grill.
Unashamed (Part 1 of 3)
Like everybody else in my third-grade country school classroom, I ate a socially acceptable lunch at my desk—a ham & cheese sandwich, a bag of chips, and a piece of…
Resurrection Proof (Part 3 of 3)
An ancient story from India has been told in different ways about blind observers who told what an elephant was like—such as a snake, a wall, a tree trunk, a spear—each…
Resurrection Proof (Part 2 of 3)
If we were to read accident reports by four eyewitnesses and the details matched, we would judge collusion and question whether any of them were true.
Resurrection Proof (Part 1 of 3)
I usually like free wording, but the New Living Translation misidentifies Simon in Luke 24:34 as Peter. Other translations don’t make that mistake.
Are You Aphoristic?
A person who is aphoristic is not someone who has problems with memory or with aphids in his garden.
He's Alive
Before the song became a hit, I was captivated by the lyrics when I heard Don Francisco sing his new song.