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Waiting

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Mark Ashley

My daughter desperately wants an iPod but doesn’t have enough money to buy one.  She’s been trying every angle with her parents and brothers to see if she can beg, borrow, or steal enough to purchase one.  She’s offered to … Continue reading →

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The Future of America on Election Night

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Mark Ashley

It’s election day in America and it remains to be seen whether or not America’s future is bright or dismal.  Both sides claim that nothing less than this is at stake and that the stakes have never been higher in … Continue reading →

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Bullying the Chikin

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Mark Ashley

The past decade plus has brought too many reprehensible stories of bullying that have resulted in suicides and retaliatory killings.  As I’ve always understood it, a bully is stereotypically a big-mouthed brute who tries to rule the playground or the lunchroom … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Fallen

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Mark Ashley

It’s Memorial Day here in the USA.  We enjoyed our annual local parade with the high school marching band, the VFW, mounted police, emergency vehicles with sirens blaring, an active soldier who was the grand marshall, one lonely politician decked out in his … Continue reading →

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“Celebrity Pastors”

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Mark Ashley

I just returned from a conference that centered on the Gospel.  It featured some well-known preachers, what some might call “big-name” pastors; others might use the description “celebrity pastors.”  In fact, I’ve heard one of these pastors described as having the status … Continue reading →

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