Watched

We are accustomed to stores using cameras to catch thieves. But new cameras are changing the focus from the criminal to you. The video can now give the store real time information about you. They track your gender, your age range and then monitor where you go in the store. The store no longer just […]

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Romantical…

February is here. While most eyes are on the groundhog, husbands need to stay focused, because with February comes Valentine’s Day. And if you are not already gearing up, then you are behind – at least, that is what our wives would say… But I am not sure being romantic was part of God’s original […]

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In the Shade

A friend from Augusta found this book in a Christian bookstore… a symbol of all that is right with the Christian book industry, who tries to reject the world – while copying it… Tamara’s dad, Doyle, is a pastor in Jeff City. He posted on Facebook: “Interesting that back in 1837 my church’s name was […]

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Fahrenheit 104.7

Fahrenheit 451 paper burns, but when does the brain begin to melt? On Wednesday night Phoebe went to bed sick with a small fever. She awoke in the middle of the night with screams. She was out of bed, running around, and crying over the alligators eating her comforter. A bad dream, but her fever […]

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So this is Christmas

…If the preacher was immortal, his homily was not. There was a moment towards which it crept to die at the precise stroke of the [clock]… excerpt from the Conviction by RS Thomas I have been working on a funeral this morning. This adds to a long list of events in our church. Events that […]

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