Month: November 2025

Have you ever noticed that many of Jesus’ stories had punchlines, but weren’t funny? As an example, did you hear the one about the deacon and the thief who walked into a church? You’ll find it in Luke 18:9-14. The deacon said, “Whoo boy, God! I’m thankful that I’m one of the good guys who…

Brrrrrrrr!!! It’s been cold! I skipped my morning walk a few days last week because it was just too chilly. Okay, the temperatures were in the low forties. I live in Florida where we consider that frigid, but you might live in International Falls where it would be a great day for a picnic. Words…

Explaining why we had been issued pencils without erasers, our instructor said, “This is a drawing class, not an erasing class.” I’m sure she was right. We had only 30 minutes to draw an animated character, so if we focused on fixing our errors—and mine were numerous—we would not have completed our drawings. Although my…