“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Terrible Tuesday: schedule off-kilter
I’m in my hometown visiting my parents for a few days. After one week stumbling around a post-holiday routine, I’m on my parents’ non-schedule schedule. I think the rule is that for every one day of your regular schedule, it takes three to get back on. I’ll should be back on a regular routine just […]
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Terrible Tuesday: Back in the car
School still doesn’t start till next week, but all the appointments are now back on the calendar. That means an extra six hours in the car a week, which means the return of audio books! This year is slightly different because the girls will not be trekking to the boys therapy appointments this year, so […]
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Start with compassion
I would like to start out by saying pro-lifers are the most amazing, compassionate, caring people I know. They not only pour out their blood, sweat, and tears to speak out for the unborn, they also adopt kids, foster, kids, adopt shelter animals, feed the homeless, take care of the elderly and infirm, etc. etc. […]
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Give smart
‘Tis the season to be asked for money, and it’s also the season we give the most. According to a report on charitable giving, Americans give more than twice as much in December than any other month, and more than 20 percent of online giving happens in December. Every day, more technologies are developed […]
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“Where do we get such men as these?”
Flood waters in Colorado are just beginning to recede, and it will take days for many relief organization to be fully operational. However, one plucky group is already on the ground and helping Coloradans dig out. This week, I wrote about Team Rubicon and their unique model of service in my Between Errands piece. I […]
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Worthy causes
My former pastor used to talk about leaving room in the margins of our budget in order to be able to give. In the Bible, the people are instructed to leave the corners of their fields as well as what is dropped by the harvesters so that the poor could come through the field after […]
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What flows from a grieving heart
Two years ago next Wednesday, the Hanley family lost their little boy Mattias in a household accident. He was only 21 months old. From their pain and their grief, compassion flowed. In honor of their little boy, the Hanley family set out to raise $40,000 to build a house in Nepal for girls rescued from […]
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Interesting Graphic
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Government and the atrophy of charity
As someone who leans libertarian, I have lots of reason for disliking the gargantuan size of the government. I think large government programs are wasteful and intrusive. One of the most talked about problems is the decline of personal rights and responsibility as government expands. But another damaging consequence of big government is the reduction […]
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