I was on the front porch when you drove by and I waved, regretting I did not attend the North Carolina State Fair this year and thus failed to put on extra weight for the long winter because nobody goes to the fair to eat Tofu On A Stick, you go for the funnel cake, corn dogs, and 900-calorie fried apple pies, so that in February if your car skids off the icy back road and lands upside down in a shallow creek bed and leaves you hanging from the seat belt unable to reach your

Expressing gratitude is something that should come naturally to us. However, it is vanishing in this culture of ours. We believe we are owed something. We are never wrong, really. Gratitude is becoming out of style, a sign of weakness. Christians should be eager to show gratitude, especially about their sins. Salvation should never be taken for granted, no matter how long you’ve had it. We think gratitude should be spontaneous, however we should learn how to express it and h

I was on the front porch when you drove by and I waved, thinking the birth of a rare Malayan tapir calf --- a strange looking short necked long-faced mammal ---in the Tacoma, Washington zoo is an important event to those of us who grew up as oddballs, watching the mother nuzzle her child, reminding us of aunts, uncles, and parents who noticed our awkwardness and through kindness guided us over the rocky reefs of our formative years.