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Why I Don’t Wax Rental Cars

Mud covered truck

I’ve never waxed a rental car. I don’t purposely abuse them, and I’m careful not to get them scratched or dented. But since it’s not my car, and I only have it for one day (and I’m paying a lot of money for it), I don’t treat it quite the same as my own car. […]

How Many Friends Do We Need?

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Someone sent me a “Friend” request on Facebook the other day.  Should I accept it? According to my Facebook page, I already have 296 friends.  Do I need more? Some are people that I’m close to and see daily or weekly.  Some are people I’ve worked with, either in the past or the present.  Others […]

Whose Pain is Worse — Yours, or Mine?

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Roger and I were driving together to Prescott, Arizona.  He was a friend, and the pastor of a church outside of Phoenix.  I was going to be speaking at a retreat he had arranged for the men of his church at a mountain retreat center. My kids were teenagers at the time, and they were […]

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