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Category: Beliefs

  • Fraying Society’s Edges

    Fraying Society’s Edges

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    Herb

    And now Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his roomOnly to find Gideon’s bibleGideon checked out, and he left it no doubtTo help with good Rocky’s revival From: Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles …it included Gideon’s Bible, which I’ve seen in every hotel I’ve ever been in. You open the…

  • Lawlessness Is Lawlessness

    Lawlessness Is Lawlessness

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    Herb

    While I am working on a totally unrelated post I wanted to stop and interject something here. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: (EXODUS 23:2) KJV It is never right to destroy someone…

  • Lookin’ For Work

    Lookin’ For Work

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    Herb

    Finding a job is really annoying. Even in this electronic age when it ought to be easier than ever, it’s just really frustrating. Oh, don’t get me wrong, the old days were no picnic, riding the bus all over town all day long, following leads from the want ads and…

  • Positive Words

    Positive Words

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    Herb

    This is a list of words I had originally put together for a project my wife was doing when she worked in a “before and after school” childcare center. They made a board with pockets on it for each letter of the alphabet (You can make this game age-appropriate for…

  • The Phone Call

    The Phone Call

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    Herb

    Yesterday I felt humbled and a little awed by a phone call I received. Readers who have been with me for a while now will have noticed that the subject of Sunday School comes up from time to time. I love teaching and I love reading the stories and imagining…

  • The American Allegory

    The American Allegory

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    Herb

    This is for our friend, Ishaan, who asked what he thought was a simple question over at Brother’s Campfire. He asked, “Who is the allegory of America? Do you have one? Is it lady liberty?” He is from India and said that the Indian allegory is “Mother India.” The entire…

  • Curmudgeonly Monday – Cognitive Dissonance

    Curmudgeonly Monday – Cognitive Dissonance

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    Herb

    Cognitive dissonance is very grumpificating to me. It means my brain muscles are being forced to turn the gears and I may have to admit that I have more thinking to do about something. This happened to me tonight. Before I explain that, I want to say that I have…

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“I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn, and a king / I’ve been up and down and over and out and I know one thing / Each time I find myself flat on my face / I pick myself up and get back in the race” Frank Sinatra – That’s Life
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