Friday, November 27, 2009

Happy New Year!

It seems to me, that resolving to be good just sets everyone up for disappointment.

It's almost time to dust off your old resolutions from 09, 08, 07 ... 96, 95 .... Yeah, I've made resolutions to do better, try harder and be nicer, but eventually I fall on my face. I don't stress about it anymore. I also have quit making resolutions that are unreal. A resolution to have a publisher print my book is too lofty, and incidentally out of my control. Instead, I focus on the nearer objectives that will give me a better chance at getting there, such as sending X submission letters a week. ... Or I might just watch Star Trek reruns all night after all.

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Monday, November 23, 2009

Mrs. Smellybottom

It's against our policy to name buildings after our doners, Mrs. Smellybottom.

If you're not experienced with non-profits, let me tell you that memorializing donated things are a constant issue. From Bibles to Buildings, donors like to be recognized. It must really be awful when the donor has an unfortunate name like Ima Hogg or the Pew Charitable Trust. My current favorite is actually pretty cool: The Carver Medical Research Building.

Confucius say: "Man who go to bed with itchy bottom, wake up with smelly finger."



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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Can I call you back? I'm about to go into a meeting.

Kids and their cellphones, I'm tempted to begin: "when I was their age ..." but when I was their age, it was walkie-talkies. When our parents were their age, it was the telephone. Shoot, I can remember stringing tin cans together. There is just something magical about communication. You feel wanted, needed never alone. The saddest kid would be the one with a fancy cellphone and no friends to talk to. So, what else can I say? Be a friend, be a communicator but never forget the importance of face-to-face and a hand on the shoulder.

By the way, I really like this strip because it came from a real life suggestion. I barely had to work at it.



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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Into every life, some [rain] must fall

Oooo, A quarter, someone up there likes me!

Ya know, much of life is just plain random - or at least as far as we can tell. Good things happen to bad people, bad things happen to good people. Usually, it's just a random mix of the in-between. God provides, but He's no "sugar daddy" and I think He's got a pretty good sense of humor to boot. The point is: I can't blame God for the hard times but instead ask His guidance in the midst ... And have some laughs along the way.

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Your sermon on encouragement was pointless.

I thought your sermon on encouragement was long, boring and pointless.

Oh the patience it must take to be a pastor. I swear church members (including me) can completely lose the point of community and loving their neighbor. Unfortunately the Pastor has to just grin and bear it.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Part Time Pastor?

Vacation? You only work one day a week as it is!

I've always wanted to be a pastor. When I was a kid, it was mostly because I thought the hours were awesome - AND as long as I had to go to church, I might as well get paid for it. Imagine, instead of being told what to do, I'd be the one telling them! Now that I'm older, I don't think I could handle the long hours, and people telling me how to do my job ...

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Yikes!

Now, that IS scary!

Here's a Halloween comic from the archives.

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