“I wonder if Brian isn’t used to presenting salvation to sophisticated people.”  ~  Tony Campolo Alex Doriot and I are reading the book, Adventures in Missing the Point. It is written by Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo. The authors take turns writing the chapters, but at the end of each chapter the other writer gives […]

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I watched Stranger than Fiction for the first time this past week and during the intro I was most surprised to discover there was more than one way to tie a tie. It seems my dad has kept me in the dark all these years, but now I know there is more (and there is […]

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“I believe in Buddhism. Not every aspect, but most of it. So I take bits and pieces.”          Tiger Woods Brit Hume, who I did not know before this moment and honestly would have suspected was a lady, created a mild firestorm the past few days when he called on Tiger Woods to accept Christianity: “He’s […]

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“Hi! I’m Captain Huggy Face, Superhero. Would you give me a ride to the nearest bust stop?” Captain Huggy Face’s Note Card Over the past few weeks Ivy has gotten excited about a PBS television show called Word Girl. It is clever, while admittedly a little silly. The main character, Word Girl, is from the […]

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“In one experiment, cockroaches were able to recover from being submerged underwater for half an hour.”  ~ Wikipedia A few weeks ago I came into the kitchen to use the microwave and discovered there was a cockroach crawling around inside the clock. You can see a picture above; below on the left I outlined the […]

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