Phoebe: we are like Little People. Sean: Why? Phoebe: ’cause God is bigger than us. Phoebe draws out one of the biggest questions in theology. In the aftermath of a great natural disaster you can find preachers prophesying God’s judgment (unless the tragedy happened in the Bible Belt). During a personal crisis I have heard people […]

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“There will be no viewing since his wife refuses to honor his request to have him standing in the corner of the room with a glass of Jack Daniels in his hand so he would appear natural to visitors.” – from Walter Bruhl’s Obituary When Walter Bruhl passed away the family discovered he had already […]

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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein After playing in the frigid snow, we sat inside munching on Girl Scout cookies. Phoebe declared she wished all the snow would melt so we could swim through it… Looking outside I could imagine a foot deep layer of water on the backyard. It was pretty […]

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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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