A new year arrives Tuesday, fresh faced and full of promise.I may be as corny as Kansas in August, but I just can’t help thinking that good things lie ahead in 2008.It’s the year we will elect a new president of the United States. By the way, it’s also the Year of the Rat.
This could [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Margin Call: Sweeping Predictions for 2008
Posted in Margin Call, Uncategorized on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s still good news
Posted in Ministry on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Mires family will celebrate Christmas this weekend. While the rest of the world is taking down decorations and returning unwanted presents to the store, I’ve been stubbornly clinging to the Christmas spirit. And also making the most of after-Christmas sales.
Most of all, I miss Christmas music on the radio. While driving yesterday, I pushed [...]
It’s still good news
Posted in Ministry on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Mires family will celebrate Christmas this weekend. While the rest of the world is taking down decorations and returning unwanted presents to the store, I’ve been stubbornly clinging to the Christmas spirit. And also making the most of after-Christmas sales.
Most of all, I miss Christmas music on the radio. While driving yesterday, I pushed [...]
Ice-ing on the Christmas cookie
Posted in Margin Call on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Christmas cookies may taste a little salty this year.
I was crying as I made them.
Ah, you understand, don’t you?
It’s been a topsy-turvy holiday. I don’t think there’s a single person in Northwest Missouri or Northeast Kansas who has not been affected by the ice storm. On the scale of natural disasters, this was a [...]
Light up that Aquila merger
Posted in Margin Call on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Never have Christmas lights looked prettier.Two and a half miles driving down a major St. Joseph street, I’d seen nothing but darkness and destruction. The fallen trees, shuttered houses and jagged icicles looked like a sub-zero Katrina disaster.Then, suddenly, a string of colored lights lit up a rooftop. The reflection off a half-inch glaze of [...]
What I learned from three days without electricity
Posted in Ministry on December 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The fire department is right: candles need to vent.
Fifty-six degrees is a whole lot warmer than forty-six degrees.
Say whatever you want about utility company executives, but they ought to make a superhero movie about electric linemen.
People who have electricity should be careful how they approach those who do not.
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Gimme that retail religion
Posted in Margin Call on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This month, a sacred religious holiday intersects with a massive economic enterprise.
Some people consider this scandalous and an affront to all the holiday represents.
I don’t have a problem with it. The very individual who is honored during this religious holiday said that workers deserve to be fairly paid and that we should all pay taxes.
I [...]
Santa Claus, George Washington and Jesus
Posted in Ministry on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
God is more like George Washington than He is like Santa Claus.
I was watching the beautiful movie “Polar Express” recently. The little boy is getting old enough to question the existence of Santa Claus. But after a fantastic journey to the North Pole, he takes a leap of faith and professes his belief in Santa [...]
