Following a noteworthy career in magazine, curriculum, book and Bible publishing, Dean Merrill is now concentrating on indepen­dent editorial work. Some of his projects are solo writing, many are collaborations with well-known personalities, and still others involve overall directing of complex editorial projects.
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• Looking for a Loophole - W. C. Fields, the famous comedian and actor who spun such punch lines as “I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday” and “I certainly do not drink all the time; I have to sleep, you know,” was a confirmed atheist. When he finally lay dying (of cirrhosis of… read more »
• Goldilocks and the Music Wars - A guerrilla skirmish rumbles across churches. It is not a battle for righteousness or holiness, but instead a struggle over formats and styles…. read more »
• The God Beyond Location - We affirm that God is omnipresent, but the whole notion is counter-intuitive. God has to be “someplace,” doesn’t he? … read more »
• Three Dads in the Shadows - There was a lot that little Bobby Rhoden didn’t know about his family while growing up…. read more »
• Let Someone Else Help - I am always surprised at my storehouse of reasons not to get involved with someone else’s need…. read more »
• What about Speaking in Tongues? - I can assure you that the practice does not give you warts, make your hair fall out, or fry your brain…. read more »
• Father & Daughter—Building a Legacy of Love - Girls can steer themselves onto the wrong road as easily as boys. Guiding them in the ways of the Lord is a critical task—and one not to be left solely to their mothers…. read more »
• How Long, O Lord? - When I tell you what I thought about my godly father, now 82 and wheelchair-bound in an Iowa nursing home, you’ll be shocked. But when I tell you how God managed to straighten my head, you’ll be relieved…. read more »
• We Don’t Know What “Lord” Means - What does a Christian mean by saying, “Jesus is Lord”? The answer all depends on which century you have in mind…. read more »
• “Just Go Out and Have Fun” - A seven-year-old climbs in the minivan after attending a birthday party. “Did you have fun?” his mother asks. A star quarterback tells the after-game interviewer, “We said at halftime, ‘We’re too uptight. Let’s just go out there and have fun, and we’ll win this thing.’” An employee is asked by his friend how the new… read more »
• A Husband’s Prayer - Zipping out of our bedroom the other day, I glanced again at a framed poem on the wall. I wrote it years ago on an American Airlines flight from Dallas back to New York, and two Christian magazines picked it up. It spoke about the special place my wife held then, and still holds, in… read more »
• The Joy of Zingers - Words are like hydrogen; if you know what you’re doing, you can make quite a bang. But you can also blow up innocent bystanders…. read more »