I love the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou. In fact, I love this movie so much that I wrote a paper about it in

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Luke 1:46-55 Waiting is hard. I wonder how many people in this room like to wait for things. Anyone? We don’t really like waiting. That’s

In the Bible, when an important person is going to be born, we often get a family tree or a description of the person’s birth

Have you ever heard anyone use the phrase, “Good times. Noodle salad.” (Lots of NOs.) I’m not surprised. I’ve actually used this phrase on and

I’ll never forget my last private lesson with my clarinet instructor in college. For about a year, I had lived the life of a clarinet

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When our family adopted our Jack Russell terrier Wishbone almost exactly ten years ago, I was a rookie to having a dog. As a middle

When April and I moved from Illinois to Michigan to begin our seminary training, we were excited to be out of the fast-paced, insulated life

When I was a kid, I loved celebrating Thanksgiving at my Grandma’s house. Grandma started cooking before the sun came up, and she had the