Tag Archives: jargon

In Defense of the 4-Letter Word

I’m over at A Deeper Story today writing about language, swearing and what makes words profane. The junior high boys swore under their breath, and I looked at them wide-eyed and appalled. I slapped their hands, half-chastening, half-flirting, said, “You … Continue reading

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Church Hunting (3): The Places We Land

We didn’t so much choose our church as crash into it. We were an airplane with a burning wing, damaged, making an emergency landing at the first wide open place we could see. Our criteria for a church was simply … Continue reading

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A Feature Article, Harsh Comments, and Why I Write

The Feature I found Relevant Magazine years ago, just as the depression was tapering down, the healing slowly beginning. The first copies were given to me by a  hipster who drove a school bus and frequented my Caribou, and I took them, because … Continue reading

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