In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton of Alabama was arrested for the murder of two fast food managers in the Birmingham area. Despite having a solid alibi and no solid evidence connecting him to the crimes, Hinton was found guilty and sentenced to death. For thirty years, he spent 23 hours a day confined to his
Sometimes I think I’m the only person who plants weeds on purpose. Every year, I plant things in a large, green tub in my backyard. This tub is reserved for those plants I want to grow but also need to contain–like the horehound I planted in it that still managed to escape the container and
There is a comedian that I love to watch on TikTok named Mitch Hedberg. He has a very dry delivery and what I consider to be intellectual jokes. They take some thought work. As I was reading the passage for this morning from Genesis, I was reminded of one of his sketches in which he
When my kids were little, whenever I made a grocery list, I would ask each of them what healthy snack they wanted me to buy for them. Almost always, Jakob asked for watermelon. I loved that he chose a fruit for his healthy snack, but there were two things that made his request difficult: 1)
Despite the fact that once a year I plan an entire church service that revolves around humor, I do not consider myself to be funny. I definitely could not be a stand up comedian. I think that comedy is a challenging career to pursue in large part due to the fact that humor is subjective.
When I was in fourth or fifth grade, a family in my neighborhood held a “Backyard Bible Club” every summer in their backyard. Every person in their family played a musical instrument, with one person on guitar, another singing, and one of their older kids playing the drums. For the week of Backyard Bible Club,
In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton of Alabama was arrested for the murder of two fast food managers in the Birmingham area. Despite having a solid alibi and no solid evidence connecting him to the crimes, Hinton was found guilty and sentenced to death. For thirty years, he spent 23 hours a day confined to his
Sometimes I think I’m the only person who plants weeds on purpose. Every year, I plant things in a large, green tub in my backyard. This tub is reserved for those plants I want to grow but also need to contain–like the horehound I planted in it that still managed to escape the container and
There is a comedian that I love to watch on TikTok named Mitch Hedberg. He has a very dry delivery and what I consider to be intellectual jokes. They take some thought work. As I was reading the passage for this morning from Genesis, I was reminded of one of his sketches in which he
When my kids were little, whenever I made a grocery list, I would ask each of them what healthy snack they wanted me to buy for them. Almost always, Jakob asked for watermelon. I loved that he chose a fruit for his healthy snack, but there were two things that made his request difficult: 1)
Despite the fact that once a year I plan an entire church service that revolves around humor, I do not consider myself to be funny. I definitely could not be a stand up comedian. I think that comedy is a challenging career to pursue in large part due to the fact that humor is subjective.
When I was in fourth or fifth grade, a family in my neighborhood held a “Backyard Bible Club” every summer in their backyard. Every person in their family played a musical instrument, with one person on guitar, another singing, and one of their older kids playing the drums. For the week of Backyard Bible Club,