Why does this ad appeal? The commercial made me laugh the first time I saw it – which is never bad. Obviously it has me thinking – which is good for Chevy’s message. But does anyone want to pay more for a babysitter? The ad made me think we should drive the babysitter home in […]

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CVS last week decided to stop selling tobacco products. A good decision, from my perspective – especially as they move to offer more health care with their minute clinics. The reaction to this has been general applause. Some worry about the economic effect (CVS stands to lose 2 billion in revenue), but others see this […]

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“Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” – Herodotus, 503 B.C. I am pretty sure we have not seen our mailman – who is actually a mailgal – for two days. Granted a foot of snow is good reason. But this […]

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“If you were a good pastor, do you think our church would grow?” – Ivy to me. She did not come up with this on her own. It is a line of thought often running in my head. And I imagine that it has come out vocalized in my frustration. I am not sure if […]

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“Why is there a skeleton in my body?” – Phoebe The thought of a scary skeleton inside her own body was too much for Phoebe. We tried to explain that bones hold us together and give our body structure. She looked at her arms as if she expected the bones to explode outward and get […]

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