COPIED. All sorts of amazing stuff packed in here, of all varieties — His clients called him insane for giving away free fruit during the Depression…. Then he created Tony the Tiger, the Marlboro Man, and the Pillsbury Doughboy. Chicago.…

I keep avoiding the topic of Living This Side of Cancer. Some days it feels like a great title/theme/purpose.

That sense of loss? ‘Maybe “God is removing what you have outgrown,” says Neil Vermillion, “what is no longer necessary, or what serves no purpose.” Hmmm. Just maybe it’s kinda like something we’ve heard or read before: “I am the…

“A happy life is one spent learning, earning, and yearning,” said actress Lillian Gish. “I have come that you may have a real life, a full life, better than you can imagine,” said Christ Jesus in John 10:10b. (RDSV) Either…

You and I get asked that, sometimes even with words. The best answer was given way before before we ever came along – – – If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made…

From the Source Himself — “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have…

“Fewer Americans want to become pastors, accelerating a leadership vacuum inside one of the country’s oldest civic institutions. Why it matters: As the pastor role becomes lower-paid, higher-risk and less trusted, the U.S. isn’t just losing clergy — it’s losing…

To the memory of the venerableJohn Wesley, A.M., late fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. This great light arose (by the singular providence of God) to enlighten these nations, and to revive, enforce, and defend, the pure apostolic doctrines and practices…

Today in the news —- At 9:30 a.m. every Sunday, a dozen parishioners at Annandale United Methodist Church discuss the lessons of the Bible and how to maintain faith in a complicated world. Keep reading – – – https://www.wsj.com/us-news/we-asked-a-church-group-to-weigh-in-on-trump-heres-what-they-said-df0809fa?st=Ytffsf —-…

With gratitude to Heather Cox Richardson —- May 9, 2026 (Saturday) If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet will tell you that Mother’s Day began in 1908 when Anna Jarvis decided to honor her mother. But “Mothers’…