Something is wrong… Everyone is uncomfortable… The guests have arrived for the wedding reception… The food sits on the buffet table… Appetizers are within reach… But nobody makes a move toward either…
Monthly Archives: October 2014
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“Hello? Hello?” “Can you help me?” The hotel desk clerk looked up and saw the woman on the other side of the counter… She was in her 60’s, looked very confused and was dragging two heavy suitcases. “I‘m staying here tonight before my wedding, and I don’t know what to […]
“$200 dollars…” “I’ve saved for a long time…” “I want a really nice wedding dress…” She was 67 years old… She’d never been married. Everything had to be perfect. “Two hundred dollars?” asked the dress shop owner. “Yes. Because I want a really great dress.” The owner of the dress […]
Blue…. Her hair is electric blue… Cut and styled to spike out in all directions… His hair is styled the same way, then colored bright pink… I meet them as I turn into the produce aisle in the grocery store… My first thoughts are…
Each week, Everyday Servant lists four really great posts from Christian blogs… Posts you will want to read… Some are from well-known writers and blogs… Others are from blogs you might have missed… In this week’s 4-to read… Do you treat friends better than family? Are you and your spouse […]
“Focus”, said the box “on Your Highest Priorities!” The self-improvement course sat among the toys and games on a shelf in the resale shop… There were two possible reasons the course was on a shelf in a resale shop… The original purchaser had become such a master of the […]
The parking lot is full… I circle the lot several times to find a spot… Finally I pull into an empty space and sit watching as never-ending lines of people walk toward one of two very popular businesses… Why are the businesses so successful? I notice their signs…
“Outreach!” he said… “The very word means we’re reaching out to people far away!” “And besides… having that food bank truck in our lot once a week makes the church look bad.” “Do we want people to think our members need help from the food bank?” It was a church […]
I am about to reveal what is hidden in this drawer… It isn’t pretty… I am embarrassed to reveal its contents… Please promise not to tell anyone what is in this drawer…. Once you see its contents, erase all memory of it … Otherwise, your psyche will suffer great damage…
How do we measure our worth? The man of wealth… “We put our names on the waiting list for the retirement center,” he told me. “It’s the one everybody in town wants to get into…” “But I don’t know if we really want to go there… the biggest place you […]