Four words I’m eliminating from my vocabulary

I.  Told.  You.  So. I’m going to eliminate those four words (in that order anyway) from my vocabulary. On Sunday I talked about how much I love being right.  And if you love being right as much as me, you also know how much fun it is to tell everyone else how right you are. […]

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Why aren’t our kids being baptized?

I’m not going to put a date on when someone should be baptized, but rather I’d like to talk about those kids who, in their own minds, believe what the Bible says about their eternal salvation and feel that they’re in need of Christ’s blood but for whatever reason have chosen to not be baptized.

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Being Right, Gracefully

I’ve gotta admit, I love being right.  It’s like a drug to me.  And I’m most definitely strung out on it. Now that doesn’t mean that I always feel like I have to have all the answers.  I’m pretty quick to say “I have no idea”, even about stuff that I should know the answer […]

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Lighthouses and Flare Guns

I’d imagine you’re all familiar with Phillip P. Bliss’ hymn Let The Lower Lights Be Burning, and the story behind it.  Lighthouses are the giant, unwavering beacon in the night that keep sailors safe.  And Bliss’ song and the lesson behind it compares those lighthouses to God’s word, that when “dark the night of sin […]

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Crazy Girlfriends (And why Obama should’ve had one)

Crazy girlfriends.  There’s so much to say I’m not even sure where to start, except that the world would be a better place if Obama would’ve had one.

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Eric’s Unmentionables Shopping Adventure

So normally when I need a new pair of socks or underoos I just mention it to the wifey and she takes care of that sort of thing for me. But recently we stopped at Target to get the boys some new clothes and I told myself, “Self, why don’t you just mosey on over to […]

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Plants KNOW When You Eat Them

For THIS, I’ll Eat My Vegetables. Researchers at the University of Missouri recently discovered that plants know when they’re being eaten.  Yeah, you read that right.  Read it again and just let it sink in.

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A different perspective on our hymns

While getting ready for a song service this Wednesday night I came across this website and thought it was fascinating.  

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A Peculiar Pickle Proposal

https://youtu.be/rHjLyWRfK1U?t=4s

PlaysWithFire wandered through the living room a few days ago carrying a half eaten pickle.

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Empty Calories

Hidalgo County, Texas is on the southern border of our great country, just this side of the Rio Grande from Reynosa, Mexico.  Hidalgo County has roughly 806,000 residents and 47% of the children in Hidalgo County live in poverty.  The poverty that exists in Hidalgo County is real.  It’s not the “I’m poor, but I […]

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My irrational disdain for Canada

I can’t explain it, but I don’t like Canada.  I suppose that Canada is a nice enough place.  The parts of it that I’ve seen have been pretty.  The places that I’ve seen though have been those places very close to America, so that’s understandable.

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Party Like A……

LIKE A 9 YEAR OLD!!!!!!  Oh yeah!!! Last night we celebrated KickTheBall’s ninth year of survival.  And by all measures he’s not only surviving, but thriving; Which is a good thing for those of us entrusted with ensuring his survival and thrivation.  Go me, right? Birthdays can be a weird thing (just like how the […]

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All Birds Are Democrats

Today I helped KickTheBall build a bird house.  Pretty simple, huh?  I mean, I’ve built entire houses from rough sketches on a sheet of graph paper.  People houses.  That people lived in.  And they were awesome.  So I assumed that I could take my boy out to the garage and throw a bird house together. […]

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Edison’s Elephant

In 1903 Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant.  On purpose.

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