A birthday celebration from afar

My dad loved birthdays. He enjoyed the company, and he loved to joke about the birthday person's age, including his own, in which he switched the...

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On cats, cheeseburgers, taxes, and other ramblings

Facebook offers many links to silly and serious things. Today brought one of the best chuckles I've had in a while (thanks to my wonderful friend...

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Staking my life on this

Pastor Rick Warren was interviewed the other day by ABC. (Watch the interview here.) He was asked a question during the interview about whether ...

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Why it’s called Good Friday

If Jesus died such a horrible death on this Passover Friday, why do Christians call it "good"? Since when is torture and pain and injustice a good th...

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Goat skins and palm trees

I love the places historical research takes me! Yesterday, I dug out a few books on food and herbs and plants in Israel, looking for this and tha...

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