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When did you first use a self-service checkout? Do you like them? A lot of retail and grocery stores are putting in self-checkout stations, and many of them now have more of these than regular, human-manned...

The big message from Jesus in three out of the four gospels is to repent.  You have heard that right?  “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand.”  If you have spent any time in the New...

This is the time of year that we celebrate graduates, whether that be from high school, college, or even kindergarten.  Graduations are happy-sad moments for parents.  A major rite of passage...

Jesus tells 38 parables in the bible.  Most of us are familiar with some of them, but there are a few that don’t make the average person’s top ten list.  I want to explore two of those now because...

Let’s say there is a dangerous cave nearby.  It doesn’t matter why it is so dangerous.  Make up any reason you want.  Now, here is your assignment:  make sure that people don’t go into...

We love to take sides.  In a lot of things we do we are encouraged to do so.  Just look at sports for example.  Almost all sports will have you choosing one team (or person) over another. ...

Have you ever wondered why it was people from Eurasia that conquered the world?  Why not the other way around?  Why didn’t the people who lived in what is now North and South America, for example,...

How well can we predict the weather?   We do a pretty good job of it now, actually.  The first weather forecasts from the US federal government came out of the 1870s, and were meant to warn...

The focus of most of us around Easter time is to look at the end of the gospels.  After all there is where you will find the resurrection story that is the hallmark of the season.  But I think...

Spring Break is a big deal.  This year about 1.5 million US college students will travel during Spring Break.  They will spend, on average, about $1080 dollars each.  Some businesses report...