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"Does it matter if you have a large readership? Do you want more hits? If you do, then why? The answer to that question is very important." My friend Jenny always asks good questions. To have a moment of theatre, you need two things. An actor and an audience. Does it need to be a …
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The disciples wondered how to pray, and asked Jesus to teach them. The gospel of Matthew records the version of Jesus' reply we know as The Lord's Prayer. Simple, direct, covers all the bases; praise, petition, and ascribing appropriate glory. Paul says plainly, "Pray continually" or more famously, "without ceasing." And …
Tonight, some words. The dryer's running, and it's hot in my office. How the rain outside asserts itself into my space is hard to say, but it does. I like rain, but I'm tired of it. "No grumbling," God's word says, but grumbles pour in and out of my head before I hardly know they're …
I decided to do a Wordle of yesterday's blog post on my 30 years of marriage. If you just look at it and make random sentences, you still get the idea. My only beef is the word "really" is way too big, which means I used it way too many times. I really have to …
At 7:15 p.m. on this Wednesday evening I was in a bit of a huff. Mad, actually, because I couldn't find a parking place. I hate to pay for parking. And usually there's a spot lurking somewhere west of Seattle Center. But not tonight. I finally gave up, parked and payed, and headed across the …
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JEFF BERRYMAN 