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category: Humor
A key fault I have, and I can only talk about one fault at a time, is the tendency to get busy. I often find myself chasing my own tail. What I will d
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category: Humor
ALL I WANT FROM ‘SANTY' IS MY SANITYRev. James L. Snyder Christmas is the one time of the year when it is okay to be traditional. That may
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category: Humor
Memory is a very tricky thing, at least for me it is. Looking back, over a year's span of activity my memory seems to pick and choose what it remember
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category: Humor
Of all the people who know me, no one would say I am afflicted with worryitis. They may say other things about me, which may or may not be true, but t
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category: Humor
The traditional fowl of choice of ministers is usually thought to be chicken. This foul thought, however, is a terrible fallacy.Nobody would a
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Throughout the year, many days of celebration are tucked capriciously into the calendar. So much so, it is hard to find any day of the year where some
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category: Humor
"When in polite society," my grandfather opined, "never talk about religion or politics." Then he would dismiss himself from said "polite society" and
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category: Religion
Those who knew me when I wore a young parson's suit and tie would willingly attest to the fact that I reigned as the "flip-flop" king, and to be hones
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category: Humor
Have you ever noticed that when you are on vacation time goes by rapidly? According to my calculations (and I'm the first to admit I didn't do well in
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category: Humor
Right after the president won his re-election bid for the White House, he made an interesting comment. He said he was going to spend his "political ca
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category: Humor
Throughout the years, I'm happy to report, I have learned a thing or two about myself. My only regret is I have not learned more than a few things.
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category: Humor
Within the last six weeks, that gusty quartet comprised of Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne has lustily serenaded Florida. A repeat performance is no
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category: Humor
I said something last week I haven't said in years. Where it came from, I really don't know. It's funny, you're tooling along minding your own busines
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category: Computers
For me, the most terrible time of each month is the day our bank statement comes. We commonly call it BSS (Bank Statement Syndrome). I don't know w
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category: Humor
One item topping my list of New Year's resolutions could potentially alter my life, as I now know it. And it has to do with my relationship to the Gra
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category: Humor
The amazing thing about contemporary American culture is its predisposition to organize itself into neat little categories. This "pigeonhole syndrome,
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category: Humor
For years, I smugly prided myself as a non-fax machine person. I felt it beneath my dignity to own such a technical contraption. The quill is more my
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category: Humor
In 1978, I was ordained to the gospel ministry. To mark this special event, my parents surprised me with a new 1977 Dodge Aspen, the most spectacular
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category: Humor
Every mother harbors a mystery of some sort. Many handed down from one generation to the next forming a bond so strong no man can penetrate. I came to
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category: Humor
Tuesday last I awoke from my nightly slumber with terrific pain in my chest, much like an elephant break-dancing on my chest. It was painful just to b
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category: Humor
Gary Hemsely was running for some county political position — I've forgotten which one now. What I do remember is that he was a member of my church at
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category: Humor
The door to my office exploded as hundreds, at least it seemed like that many to me, of children surrounded my desk. My defenses were down and the mer
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category: Health & Medical
Most people don't realize ministers are obligated to prepare and preach one great sermon in their career. In looking over my record of sermons, I
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category: Humor
Some who know me suggest I might be a wee bit absentminded at times. I prefer to think of it as simply being actively engaged in processing th
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category: Humor
I had a dream the other night. Dream nothing, it was a nightmare, if you must know the truth. Normally I don't put too much stock in dreams — or — nig
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category: Humor
My favorite novel, as a young person, was In His Steps, written by Charles Sheldon. The premise of this novel is simple. A group of people in the chur
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category: Humor
Without question, going to the hospital is teamwork from the time you arrive until you are wheeled out the front door. Everyone is working together fo
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category: Humor
After more than three decades of church ministry, I have come to one unsettling conclusion. Actually, I've come to more than one conclusion, but this
