“We are on target to serve the last dessert on Feb. 27, 2054,” Harry Balzer, research firm NPD (USAToday). Dessert with dinner is in decline. Today, only 12% of dinners at home include dessert. Down from 15% ten years ago. 24% in 1986. The above quote is a tongue in cheek response, but if the trend […]

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I was on the way to a church member’s house to deliver a copy of our Lent devotional, when my phone’s battery died. I have been to their house before, but it did not matter. Without Google Gal leading the way, I was lost. So I found myself in a Taco Bueno. “Do you have an outlet […]

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Phoebe’s class uses word searches to help learn new vocabulary. The detective work required often leaves Phoebe frustrated. So much so that she began dreading school (a feeling I completely understood). She would lay in bed and refuse to get up – “What if there is a word search today?!” So I found an online site that creates […]

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“That’s real music, Emmet. It’s dark and brooding.” – Lucy (Wyldstyle) “Hey. I can be dark and brooding too… Guys, look, a rainbow!” – Emmet And the Oscar for Best Animated Feature goes to… uh, wait, where is Lego Movie? My favorite movie of 2014 (not just animated category) wasn’t even nominated for the Oscar. How is that […]

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“Pilate told the people that they could choose to spare the life of either a murderer named Barabbas or Jesus of Nazareth, and they chose Barabbas. Given the same choice, Jesus, of course, would have chosen to spare Barabbas, too.” – Frederick Buechner, Peculiar Treasures Ivy received fish for Christmas. More accurately a gift card […]

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