The Bovine Burden

The Bovine Burden

In this edition of “Friday Funny,” I present to you a mystery: why our cat delivers a stuffed cow to us, several times each day, while loudly complaining. For some reason known only to this specific cat, the Chick-Fil-A cow must be safely secured in our...
When Barney Wasn’t Born

When Barney Wasn’t Born

Life is not a pie, I have often told my kids. What this means is that there really is not a fixed amount of money, or jobs, or resources in the world. Of course, some people have more resources than others, some have more obvious talents and abilities. But there are...
Loosening the Grip of Money

Loosening the Grip of Money

People are pretty sensitive about their money. For six years I was an account/relationship manager to issuers of tax-exempt bonds. In the matrixed world of public finance, my job was to make sure that multiple parties paid what they owed and were paid what they were...
Like A Shiny New Penny

Like A Shiny New Penny

I wandered away from Christ for many years, but in my late twenties, I returned to Him with all that I was. Around the time when I joined a biblically-sound church and made a public profession of faith, I experienced a profound dream. That night, I opened my dream...