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Chock Full o’ MAGA Nuts
A Texas politician was accused of selling his soul to MAGA for one vote.“That’s outrageous,” he said. “I turned down a yacht, a helicopter, and a private island.”“So what changed your mind?”He looked down, ashamed.“Roasted pecans from Buc-ee’s.”In Texas, even the men who sell their souls know enough to go nuts first.- Jim Butler
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The New Racism
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money.Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say, “Is not the Lord among us? No disaster will come upon us.” – Micah 3:11 Old racism said, “You can’t sit at our counter.” Tomorrow’s racism says, “Of…
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Resurrecting the Day the Music Died: How Churches Forgot the Congregation Was the Choir
A Lesson Under the Balcony Once there was a church, Second Methodist, that prided itself that, though it was “Second,” it sat the largest chancel choir in the county. Every member wore not only a robe to match the church carpeting but a stole for every color of the Christian year. But time was not…
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Premiere of Slinkk and Stinkk
The Kitties of Sky Village Slinkk and Stinkk: The Kitties of Sky Village Books I, II and III (the Pawlogy collection of all three), available now on Amazon. Sometimes you write a story. But cats tell the best stories. The latter was the case with Slinkk and Stinkk: The Kitties of Sky Village. The cats…
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The Curator’s List
A Slice from Pastor Jim’s Bookshelf We live two miles down a dirt road, situated between Tightwad and Racket, Missouri, off the limestone bluffs of Truman Lake. A weekly pleasure is to travel with our neighborhood dinner group to restaurants across our rural area. The inspiration for today’s blog is Primitive Olde Crowe Winery &…
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America’s Child: The Future of Hope
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder- The Prophet Isaiah 9:6 A Child is Born According to the U.S. Census, a minority baby born in the U.S. next year will turn of voting age when minorities outnumber whites in the U.S….
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The Perfect Cause for the Rich
Forces the Poor to Pay for Their Own Charity
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The Perfect Cause for the Rich
Forces the Poor to Pay for Their Own Charity Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not…
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Gone to Meddlin’
The old country Methodist left church one Sunday grumbling, “That pastor’s quit preachin’ and gone to meddlin’!” That old phrase, circulated in some form among Baptist and Methodist circles, captures those inevitable days when the pastor crosses the line and steps out of the preformatted box that the church member had conceived for their pastor…
