In July of 2012, I started teaching Sunday School for the Junior High and High School Group at Heritage Bible Church. And this morning, 14 years later, I taught there for the last time. So smiling through the tears, I…
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” –Preamble to Nathan’s Hot Dog…
It seems like every other day I get asked about certain medications that haven’t even been approved by the FDA, yet people are somehow obtaining. And it made me think of a common pastime of Millennials around the turn of…
I never really watched The Simpsons growing up. My parents didn’t allow it anyway, and since I had Captain Planet and Darkwing Duck, I didn’t feel like I was missing out. But there was a Krusty Klown Simpsons Ride at…
My daughter gazed out the window of my wife’s car and, given her Holmes-esque powers of observation, deduced that something was “off” about the shirtless, disheveled gentleman on the street corner. Unintelligible screams, choreiform gyrations, and an apparent immunity to…
Writing a book results in some hilariously awkward social interactions. For example, a random person will say, “Hey, I bought your book a while ago!” At this point, I reach into my Grab Bag of Superficial Small Talk options, which…
Anyone who has hung out with Junior High and High School kids has probably had a conversation similar to the one below: Adult: How did your semester go? Kid: Great! I pretty much got all A’s on my report card!…
The deck was stacked against the Flying Pancakes of Youth Recreational Soccer this morning. A hailstorm had ripped through the Treasure Valley the previous night, leaving several large tree branches on the field. The goats who usually roam the perimeter…
My Dad is generally a beacon of reasonableness and a rock of good sense. But during my early adolescence, he briefly went through a phase that made my Mom and I question his sanity. When I was growing up, we…
The early 1990s was a glorious era for Sunday School. Fueled by Ritz crackers, Nilla Wafers, felt boards full of happy hippie-looking characters, and an ABSOLUTE FIRE song playlist that was impressively both Deep and Wide, we had it all!…
