Death’s been on my mind lately. Three friends buried this month. I’m starting to think I have more dead friends than living ones.
My dog Lucy died a week ago Monday. I wept. Queen Elizabeth II died three days later. I didn’t shed a tear.
The medical-pharmaceutical complex snared another golden goose. Me. More precisely, my body
All my life I’ve been waiting for one thing after another.
As a kid, I thought the whole idea of “Sabbath” was the dumbest idea. EVER. I mean, what kid needs a whole day of rest?!
When I stopped defending the Bible as THE WORD OF GOD, I could finally say: THE BIBLE GOT THAT WRONG. For example…
If you like Game of Thrones, you’ll love the Bible.
Last week during a round of decluttering I took the lid off a large box. It had sat unopened for nearly 40 years.
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