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Bill was buying a car. The dealership was offering an unbelievable rate, so he elected to finance it. He now says it was the worst decision he ever made.The finance assistant gave him the forms to fill out, and unbeknownst to the dealership, it included an extra form where he put all of his information: Social Security number, driver’s license, bank account information, and even a credit card number. Six months later his bank account had been emptied, fraudulent charges appea

It happened again this week. Someone I looked up to, someone who seemed to have a nearly perfect home. They were so good together, had good jobs, a nice house, great kids.

“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.” – C.S. Lewis

I turned the TV on last night while getting ready for bed and saw parts of an old rerun of King of Queens. In this episode, Carrie (the wife) learns that Doug’s (the husband) parents’ dog, Rocky, is 28 years old. Having a hard time believing that, she inquired further, only to learn from his mother that this particular dog was actually Rocky IV, who was only a few years old, unbeknownst to Doug. The previous three Rockys all died, but they didn’t want to “upset Doug,” so they

Have you been watching the Olympics? There’s been so much to see: the entertainment of Usain Bolt, the resurgence of Michael Phelps, the whole story of Simone Biles. Most of us have tuned in live or online at some point over the last couple of weeks and statisticians believe that half the world’s population, 3.5 billion people, have watched at least a portion of this year’s Olympics. In fact, Simone Biles' gold gymnast routine was viewed in some form by nearly 3 billion peopl

Brock was our easiest as a teenager. He has a good heart and loves his parents and is good to his siblings.But as a little tyke, he was more than a handful! He was into everything, broke all of his toys and a lot of things around the house. He never stopped moving and we had to keep a constant eye on him. On the rare occasion that he napped, Linda would often quip, “Don’t worry, he’s just recharging.”When he was three or so, he was buckled into his car seat next to his sister

Several years ago my sister and brother-in-law moved into an old Victorian home that was in rough shape and needed renovation.

Linda and I were at the beach a couple of years ago, and a young college-age couple picked a spot to lay in the sun not far from us. (That’s them in the title pic). We both were mildly amused while watching them, as it was obvious they were a new couple and just getting to know each other. The girl pulled her towel out and spread it over the sand in a single motion. The boy pulled his towel out and repeatedly tried to lay it out on the sand. But he was trying to unfurl it aga

I was sitting in my office with a man going on and on about his terrible marriage. His wife does this and that, is on him about everything…blah, blah, blah.I finally interrupted, “What would she tell me?” He said he didn’t know. “So you are having a really bad time getting along with your wife and you don’t even know what she thinks is wrong in the marriage?"“Oh, I can tell you what’s wrong in the marriage!” he exclaimed. I responded, “No, you don’t know have a clue. You’re n

Poor guy. He made his dream escape! And it’s not easy to escape from the Washington State Penitentiary. It took a lot of planning, perfect timing and hard work. But he did it! Then, however, he had to elude authorities. After spending a day on the run, without food or shelter, he came across a cabin in the woods. Perfect! If the place is unoccupied, it would be a chance to catch up on a little sleep, maybe scrounge up some food. If someone is home, he could get help, maybe mo

We were into building go-carts when I was a kid. Not anything that was motorized. We didn’t have access to motors, and it’s probably good that we didn’t. But we were pretty good at building and racing push carts (with a long pole) and pull carts (with our bikes).The earlier models were all wood…and heavy. But then we started to figure out how to take old tricycles and bicycles apart to use the tube frames, axles, and wheels for less weight and friction and more speed. We were

A family checking out our church on their fourth week at The Bridge commented to one of our pastors, “This is our fourth week here, and we haven’t heard the main guy, yet!"Granted, they were not here four weeks in a row, and I don’t like to think of myself as the main guy, but there’s no doubt, I’ve been speaking less, this last year in particular.It didn’t use to be that way. Early in my ministry, I spoke every week without missing for a couple of years…52 weeks straight, 2-