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The Waiting Room: A Skit on Faith and Healing
The following skit was inspired in a real waiting room in early 2016. I wrote much of it shortly after that. Our church’s lead pastor wanted us to perform it during a Healing Service held recently. Apart from Bill’s medical issue, I pulled from true stories from friends, family and my own experiences, because I wanted the skit to embody real life events. Comments are welcome. Please let us know if this skit makes you think … Read entire article »
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Christian Funeral Service for a Woman of Faith
(names removed for privacy purposes) Is it right to believe? Is it right to have faith? These are questions that determine much of the outcome of our lives. The answer you give personally to that question will shape your future from this point on. Several years ago, God in His grace and mercy poured out of His Spirit upon this family in a way that you had never experienced before. When that happened, a demarcation point was fixed in history. There was a life you had known before God poured out His Spirit on you, and there was life after God had poured out His Spirit. In talking with different ones in your family and your church, what I heard most was about the joy that the Spirit brought into your lives. This was evident in ____’s life as much … Read entire article »
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Bad Thanksgiving Habits and How They Started
The following is the video of a skit I wrote entitled “Bad Thanksgiving Habits and How They Started.” It was performed by the drama team at Westmore COG on Sunday, Nov 20, 2015. Most Americans will probably enjoy the subtle (or not so subtle) references contained in it. If you like it, please leave a comment and pass the link on to someone else to view, too. The sequel to this skit (from 2016) is titled Mary’s First Real Thanksgiving. If your drama group is interested in performing the skit, the script and director’s copy are available (donation suggested). Please use the contact form to request a copy. … Read entire article »
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A Note to Harried, Frustrated, Overworked Moms
My wife and I have been parents for a long, long time. At least, it seems that way. One thing I’ve learned is that being a parent is a tiring job. Actually, it can be exhausting. I likes to observe people. As we celebrate Mother’s Day this month, I can look around at the mothers of all ages in my circle of friends and at church and reflect on their countenances. I see the mothers of … Read entire article »
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The Little Electric Oven
One Christmas, at least I think it was Christmas and not a birthday, my parents bought sister a little oven. Now, this was in the days before lawyers had become fruitful, multiplied and replenished the earth. This wasn’t a piece of plastic with stickers to put on the oven to emulate fire. Nor did it come with a few round cans made of plastic labeled as corn or beans. No, this was a little Easy … Read entire article »
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The Thanksgiving That (Almost) Wasn’t
A Short Story: It started off well enough. Jan got up early to get the turkey in the oven. She had time to make a steaming hot mug of cocoa before the rest of the family stirred. She had just sat down and opened her Bible to read this morning’s passage. Then it began. There was a loud pop in the kitchen followed by an acrid smell. Jan jumped up and ran into the kitchen to see what had happened. Her nose led her straight to the oven. When she opened it, the element wasn’t glowing bright orange, and the heat was rapidly dissipating. Her first thought was, “Oh, no! Now what?” Tim’s day off from work began with Jan shaking him and telling him that … Read entire article »
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Give the Gift of Music
What do these things have in common: dogs barking, a wailing banshee, an industrial metal press operating at high speed and the swearing skills of a sailor? If you guessed popular teen music, you are bang on. Before anyone gets an idea that this article is about bashing whatever happens to be popular, it’s not. I enjoy probably as wide a range of music styles as anyone I know. The point of this article is to help parents think about being intentional with the music their children listen to on a routine basis. The overriding scripture that comes to mind is Proverbs 29:15 which tells us that “a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.” While this verse can be used to help us think about many areas of raising … Read entire article »
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Who’s the Winner? Who’s the Loser?
One night in May, my son’s baseball team was playing another team. We had friends over to watch the game. It was a pretty close game. The parents on both sides were cheering their respective teams. There were plenty of close plays and (being Little League) enough errors to wrench the gut of any coach. At the end of the game, however, the score was higher for my son’s team than for our opponents. “Hoorah! We won!” Our company for the evening came back to our home for a visit. In discussing the game, my friend told me that while getting into his car, he happened to see one of the boys from the other team with his father. The father from the other team was yelling and hollering at his … Read entire article »
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Lessons from Easter Island: Why Wise Parents Rock
Easter Island is a remote island in the Pacific. Located almost 2200 miles to the west of Chile, it is one of the most isolated islands which is inhabited. Inhabited by very few peopled, nonetheless the island is famous worldwide for its huge-headed statues which line the coast. As a child I read about Easter Island, saw pictures of the statues and used to wonder who made them. Why were they on the coast? What did … Read entire article »
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What’s in a Name?
“Monday’s child is fair of face. Tuesday’s child is full of grace. Wednesday’s child is …” Do you remember the next part? If you were born on Wednesday, perhaps you do. “Wednesday’s child is full of woe.” And so on goes the little poem that most people have heard at least once. That rhyme carries little real weight in our culture, but it carries an even more important message. Names and stereotypes really do matter. I … Read entire article »
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