The year was 1986. Thornton Melon was upset when his son, Jason, announced that he was not sure about going to college. Knowing what college meant to him, Thornton decided to personally invest in his son’s future. Instead of running the “Tall and Fat” clothing empire, he enrolled in college with his son. Now you [...]
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“Common Sense” Jesus
Do you worship an imaginary Jesus? I think we all create some forms of Jesus we are more comfortable with than the real thing. I say forms because we sometimes have a different for specific areas in our life. In his book, Imaginary Jesus, Matt Mikalatos outlines through strikingly realistic fiction many of the substitutes [...]
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When I was five years old, Star Wars came out. I can’t say that I remember the details of the movie, but I remember watching it. For a child, especially a boy, this film accelerated the imagination. Toys helped, too. Sorry, action figures. I wasn’t an avid collector of Star Wars stuff. I don’t think [...]
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There’s a lot of exchanges that take place every day, all over the world. If you get a Christmas or birthday gift that you may not like, you probably exchange it for something else. You may have some gold or diamonds, but a rubber chicken can’t pay you cash. But if you have old gold, [...]
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I spent part of yesterday at a local water park. There’s lots of alternative names that place could have. Wildly Inappropriately Dressed Country. Wildly Rude Country. Wild Pierced Country. What names do you have for places like this – places where people expose themselves almost past the line of decency. I have another name – [...]
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