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Let’s do some drugs

In an article released this week, Christopher Kent states: While approximately 10,000 per year die from the effects of illegal drugs, an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reported that an estimated 106,000 hospitalized patients die each year from drugs which, by medical standards, are properly prescribed and properly administered. More […]

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Feed me!

Ever see the movie The Little Shop of Horrors (1986 version with Rick Moranis)? Remember the carnivorous plant that was continually demanding, “Feed me!”? While I no longer have to deal with this as a pastor, I still hear it an amazing number of times during the year. “I want to be fed and that […]

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Everybody has to hate somebody

There is always “someone” on the other side of the tracks, “someone” who is lower than you, “someone” you can point your finger at and authoritatively state, “they’re bad and I’m good.” Even among folks living in poverty. I was on the phone this morning with our pointman, Audrey, in the hole-in-the-ground, God-forsaken place we […]

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Bah, humbug!

I once was a connoisseur of Christmas music. Eclectic in my tastes, everything from Johnny Mathis to Elvis was in my vinyl, and later, tape collection. I remember becoming daring and purchasing Mannheim Steam Roller’s  first Christmas album. Ecstasy would be the perfect description. Something happened. I found myself becoming overly and inexplicably irritated this […]