• The Pastor and the Floozy

    “The issue facing us is not the left versus the right but the crisis of intolerance.”-Pastor Vincent Woolsey Tolerance … “The pastor’s wife is a bar-fly who frequents a bar. We don’t want our church money going to a floozy … ” So, the rumors wafted about the local teetotaling Wesleyan Methodist pastor’s wife and…

  • Exotic Masks

    The Pandemic is so bad … that strip clubs are charging extra to remove face masks. Mask Police Retailers and their employees are finding themselves playing the uncomfortable role of mask police. The increase in coronavirus cases is prompting concern over how to protect both customers and workers in crowded stores from infecting each other….

  • Journey into Joy

    Behind the Camera Lens The preparation of today’s blog became an exercise in joy itself. For days from my devotional porch swing, I watched the rising sun kiss the sunflowers in a daily greeting, accompanied with a chorus of hummingbirds and bees. I felt joy surround me and the impression from God saying, “My joy…

  • Oxygen

    How can a doctor run 22 miles, wear a face mask, and not lose oxygen… while a retired Walmart shopper complains about face masks and can’t run a can opener without getting winded?

  • Mask Etiquette

    Someone needs to invent a mask you can kiss your wife through. Wait … you’re supposed to take it off?

  • Dream On

    Dream City Church declares its AC system removes COVID-19 from the air as easy as … cash from wallets. I have one question – “Where do we buy one?!” Arizona Dreamin’ Pastor Jim

  • The Cat Problem

    “Judge not …” – Matthew 7:1 A traveling chicken farmer as tall as his Oklahoma plains, Gene always told ranch yarns and poultry raising tips as I served home Communion in my last church. Confined then most of his days to a recliner and cable TV, his mind rambled freely the cattle and chicken ranches…

  • Apartheid America: A Time to Plant

    There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.  But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate … St. Luke 16 Those who receive justice and those who don’t. Continuing in its present trajectory we would likely…

  • With Liberty, Justice and Care for All

    Among the Navajo people there is no word for “Goodbye” and parting words mean “Take care of your people.” A good reminder for “We, the People” to take care of all members of the US tribe. Perhaps it is time among our people to amend our pledge to reflect that without care we cannot be…