From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Clarifying

April 30, 2009 Small Group Life

The alarm went off at 3:00 AM. I didn’t hear it because I was already in the shower. The 5:40 AM flight seemed like a good idea when I booked it on Expedia. Now, groggy and disoriented, I would have traded the few bucks I saved for another hour or two of sleep. That’s when [...]

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“Hello, I Must Be Going.”

April 15, 2009 Ministry Leadership

In the 1930 film Animal Crackers, Groucho Marx sang a song that would become his trademark: Hello, I Must Be Going. The song, and the line, became so linked to his identity that it ultimately became the title of his biography. Hello, I Must Be Going is the theme song of a man in a [...]

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Is Vinny There?

April 7, 2009 Small Group Life

The phone rang. Me: Hello? Them: Is Vinny there? Me: Who’s calling? Them: It’s (mumble mumble) from (mumble mumble). Me: What is this regarding? Mumbler: We’d like to see if Vinny would be interested in some insurance. Me: Well, probably not. He’s nine months old. Mumbler: Oh… Me: Plus, he’s a Golden Retriever. Although… at [...]

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