Category: Asides


How Homelessness Happens

December 16th, 2009 — 11:35am

I hear it all the time from working class people who are recently homeless – “I am not your typical homeless person,” they say.  Actually, they probably are. I wrote a short piece playing out a scenario I see all the time. It is why I believe  becoming homeless is a process. I also see nine ways the church could have prevented it – see if you can find the five easy ones.

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Elf tries to Take Santa out with Dynamite

December 5th, 2009 — 8:38pm

‘Elf’ tries to take Santa out with Dynamite. Charges are pending. The mugshot is priceless.

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Poverty-Stricken Africans Receive Desperately Needed Bibles

December 5th, 2009 — 5:49pm

Poverty-Stricken Africans Receive Desperately Needed Bibles – I just love The Onion.

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Maybe it’s Not About Marriage After All

December 3rd, 2009 — 9:28am

If the whole battle by my more conservative brothers and sisters isn’t against gays, per se, but is really all about the protection of marriage, I have no idea why they are not hopping on the movement under way in California to ban divorce. After all, while the Bible never says that God hates gays (sorry, Fred Phelps), it quite clearly states where the Almighty stands on divorce.

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A Mirdle

December 2nd, 2009 — 12:13pm

Just in time for the holidays.  It’s a Mirdle – A girdle for men. In case that whole moving more and eating less thing is holding you down.  (Thx Abby)

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