by Dean Merrill | Mar 17, 2019 | Articles
On a hot day in Samaria, Jesus said something odd to his disciples as they returned from a quick trip to the sandwich shop. The morning’s travel had left them all thirsty and hungry, so much that Jesus was “tired … Read more...
by Dean Merrill | Mar 17, 2019 | Articles
Some mornings when you open your inbox, you wish you hadn’t. An update arrived last week from a couple who are lifelong friends of ours, telling that the wife’s Stage IV cancer is now clearly winning the war. These people … Read more...
by Dean Merrill | Mar 17, 2019 | Articles
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, … Read more...
by Dean Merrill | Mar 17, 2019 | Articles
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 … Read more...
by Dean Merrill | Mar 17, 2019 | Articles
Suddenly it seems my phone is ringing twice as often these early-summer days, while my mailbox is jammed, and the roadsides have sprouted more red-white-and-blue signs than yellow dandelions. Guess what: Another political season has burst open. Here we go …...
