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I have to admit, there’s a whole lot about the Winter Olympics I just don’t understand. And I’m a sports guy! But, there are competitions and terms and activities underway in Pyeongchang I just can’t explain. (I heard one luge competitor described as “highly skilled.” Don’t you just lie on the sled?!) Take the curling competition, for instance. If you’re not familiar – like most of humanity – it’s the game which looks like giant shuffleboard on ice. It’s a game I’ve watched, tried to understand, and basically resorted to just making fun of. However, I watched the US mixed doubles team lose last night to the defending world champion Swiss team. The intensity was unreal! The teammates were yelling at each other, banging their broom-things on the ice, and…

As unbelievable as it is, we’ve turned a page on 2018 already! One month in – seems like a good time to stop and take an assessment of things. How are those New Year’s resolutions going? Are you still exercising at 5:00 a.m. everyday like you said you would? Have you reduced to one cup of coffee a day like you vowed on January 1st? Just a couple nights ago, President Trump addressed the nation. As a country, we stop annually and take a look at the state of our union (#SOTU). What did we accomplish this past year? What’s out in from of us? These are good questions to ask as a nation…and good questions to ask as those striving to be faithful to God. This won’t take as…

Wednesday evening, 1/10/18, President Trump surprised his Congressional audience when he said, somewhat cryptically, regarding America’s opioid crisis, “I think I know the answer…not sure the country is ready for it yet. Does anybody know what I mean? I think so.” He did not elaborate. (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-i-think-i-know-answer-to-drug-crisis-adds-us-may-not-be-ready/ar-BBIdFMm?li=BBnb7Kz) What does he mean? Maybe he has some far-reaching border control method in mind to stop the flow of illegal drugs into our nation. Maybe he knows something we don’t know about the current efforts. Maybe he’s just blowing smoke… However, wouldn’t it be great if someone DID have The Answer?! It would be awesome if some politician or leader had the answer for eliminating illegal drugs, eradicating poverty, and stamping out racism. That would change everything, wouldn’t it? I have it. I have…

I love the holidays. I love the decorations, the shopping, the music – I love it all! It really is, in my humble opinion, the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! (If you don’t have Andy Williams’ version of that song playing around the house, check it out.) However, I also know this time of year can be a time of differing opinions. There are those who do not like to connect this time of year with the birth of Jesus – for good reasons. Then there is the “Jesus is the reason for the season” contingent. I appreciate the desire to avoid adding to Scripture of the former, as well as the desire to focus on Christ of the latter. So, since you asked, here’s my two cents on the matter.…

#ChristmasShopping. Man, what an undertaking! Truth is, I have always enjoyed going out and dealing with the crowds, the hustle and bustle, and doing Christmas shopping. However, I just recently had an experience which tried even my Buddy-the-Elf-level enthusiasm for all things Christmas. I was attempting to buy a particular product – which, until post-Christmas morning, shall remain nameless – and of course, the store was out of said product! But, there was another item which was very similar. I mean, it seemed so close. I was ready to just go with it. I looked, compared, evaluated…and almost gave up. But, fortunately, I was informed in no uncertain terms, the two are NOWHERE near similar! (Other than one obvious difference, I’m still not convinced the other item wouldn’t have worked.) So,…