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[Warning: Reading today’s Catch may be hazardous to your fear.] Worldview #1: The world is our enemy. Satan is hiding out for us behind every bush. Secular humanists are conspiring to influence our children and take over our country, and … Continue reading →

Getting up is one thing. Getting out is another. But there’s something one of our readers reminded me about that can render them both moot. Know what it is? Yep. It’s the snooze alarm. In our house it goes like … Continue reading →

Your mission today (should you choose to accept it) is to get yourself up out of bed and throw yourself out into the world. That’s right: Get up and get out. My, how daring we are! Well, yes, when you … Continue reading →

I live at the Isaiah House and my friend Marti let me in on some of what might be happening there on February 16th when she and her friends put on the Isaiah House Academy Awards. When I heard that … Continue reading →

You may have heard it said that you need to earn respect in order to receive it. I suppose at some level respect is something earned, as in one’s area of expertise or one’s career. But in terms of personhood, … Continue reading →

Well it seems that each day we refine this message a little more. First it was “Tell them I love them,” then “Tell them you love them,” and now it’s more like showing them you love them by the way … Continue reading →

As can happen sometimes with my Catches that I post late, my wife looks at them the following morning and mentions something like, “This is very good…” and then proceeds to point out 8 things she would have done differently. … Continue reading →

Here is what the Spirit of God says to us: “Tell him I love him.” It could be to a friend recovering from bypass surgery in the hospital; it could be to a homeless man, smelly and half nuts; it … Continue reading →

I have not seen the new version of “True Grit,” but I have read a few favorable reviews, one of which lauded the moralistic virtue that comes through the film especially embodied in the character of young Maddie. The review … Continue reading →

Those of you who have been with us for a while realize we have left out an important part of our family so far this week – our 11-year-old Chandler. Most of that is because he was not on the … Continue reading →