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updated 10-27-02

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essays 276-280

  1. #280 Ever Seeking
  2. #279I Appreciate the way You….
  3. # 278 Worms on my Toothbrush
  4. # 277 Clay-Footed Messengers
  5. #276 Proud, Saddened, and Outraged

essays 271-275

  1. #275 Bouquets Fade, but Brickbats are Forever
  2. #274 Grapefruit Juice, Sashimi, and Other Acquired Tastes
  3. #273 The Rock that Won’t Roll
  4. #272 Peacocks Can’t Talk Worm
  5. #271 Don’t Take Away my Alligator Pie

essays 265-270

  1. #270 Go Ahead, Take it Personally
  2. # 269 Use me, Lord
  3. #268 Across the County Line
  4. #267 In Favor of Tomorrow
  5. #266 No Turning Back
  6. #265 There was a Crooked Man

essays 258-264

  1. #264 Go for the Gold
  2. #263 What Evidence would you Accept?
  3. #262 Vanity Sizing
  4. #261 Non-Conformists
  5. #260 Beauty For Holiness?
  6. #259 The Last Laugh
  7. #258 Are You Wearing Sunglasses?

essays 250-257

  1. #257 To Dye For
  2. #256 Ketchup, Lucky Charms, and Fossils
  3. #255 Shaking Mulberries
  4. #254 Super Slow Weight Training
  5. #253 Praying for Blinders
  6. #252 Don’t Think about Those Bees!
  7. #251 The Devil Works Overtime
  8. #250 I’ll do my crying in the rain

essays 242-249

  1. #249 Lessons from the Plateau
  2. #248 Pitiful Purple Petunias
  3. #247 Sitting by the Teacher
  4. #246 Kvetching
  5. #245 Clock Watchers
  6. #244 Swear not at All
  7. #243 Four-Wheel Drive Faith
  8. #242 Sopping up the Mess

essays 235-241

  1. #241 Feeling Like the Country Mouse
  2. #240 Heel-biters
  3. #239 Hat Hair
  4. #238 Good Lessons from Bad Examples
  5. # 237 A Good, Hot Shower
  6. #236 Misfits
  7. #235 Soul Watchers

essays 229-234

  1. #234 Cold Obedience; Hollow Love
  2. #233 Ladles and Measuring Spoons
  3. #232 Small Talk and Simple Gestures
  4. #231 Help. Help.
  5. #230 Fault-finding Missions
  6. #229 Chickens don't like Change

essays 222-228

  1. #228 Avoiding Mirrors and Cameras
  2. # 227 Snag it, Bag it, and Give it to God
  3. #226 Walk that Walk
  4. #225 Houdini Chickens
  5. #224 Cute Virus
  6. # 223 "Pushme-Pullyou"
  7. #222 The Mark of the Rubber Egg

essays 213-221

  1. #221 I've Been Watching You
  2. #220 The Parable of the Fireworks
  3. #219 They no Longer Smell Like Money
  4. #218 Am I Bleeding Enough for a Band-AidŌ ?
  5. #217 A Better Mousetrap?
  6. #216 Don't Tread on Me
  7. #215 Arm Wrestling Yourself
  8. #214 Serendipity
  9. #213 Scuff-marks

essays 205-212

  1. #212 What Percent Fizz?
  2. #211 Thinking on Buttercups
  3. #210 You Call that Grace?
  4. #209Punching the Snooze Button
  5. #208 Looking for Praise in all the Wrong Places
  6. #207 Wet Feet for God
  7. # 206 The Person behind the Crow
  8. #205 Dirt, Trash, or Clutter?

essays 198-204

  1. #204 My Can't Opener
  2. #203 Wedding Card
  3. #202 Overload
  4. #201 Cheek-biting; In-fighting
  5. #200 Don't Slam your Cords!
  6. #199 Lest they Slip
  7. #198 Real From a Distance

essays 192-197

  1. #197 A Wrench in It
  2. #195 Gravel in the Grass
  3. #196 Gravelly Grass--part 2
  4. #192 Blind Spots and Mirrors
  5. #193 Letting Things Slide
  6. #194 Throat Tickle

essays 184-191

  1. #191 Storm Warnings
  2. #190 Blue Goo Again
  3. #189 Thread Recognition
  4. #188  "The Prime Directive"
  5. #187 I did it my way--when I should have read the manual!
  6. #186 A Barbell of Stumbling
  7. #185 Guess I'll Go Eat Worms!
  8. #184 Cobwebs and Silver Linings

essays 176-183

  1. #183 A Pale Imitation
  2. #182 The Case of the Invisible Splinter
  3. #181 Tear Along the Dotted Line
  4. #180 "No One Can Eat Just One"
  5. #179 Call Me Horseradish
  6. #178 Bonsai, Anyone?
  7. #177 Making Satan Stub his Toe
  8. #176 Troublemakers

essays 166-175

  1. #175 Stale Chocolate Sin
  2. #174 You need a bath, not a Change of Clothing!
  3. #173 Just A Spoonful of Honey
  4. #166 The Best Man for the Job
  5. #167 When the Wind Blows
  6. #168 Slipping Back
  7. #169 Mantis on the Table
  8. #170 Tangled Slinky
  9. #171 Glasses are not Swim Goggles
  10. #172 Acceptable Evidence

essays 155-165

  1. #165 Prayer is more than Tech Support
  2. #164 I am a cling-stone peach
  3. #162 That's not what your armor is for!
  4. #163 Will it Hurt Terribly?
  5. #161 Wipe Your Feet!
  6. #159 For Such a Time as This
  7. #160 Simon Says, "Take one Baby Step"
  8. #158 Crayfish in the Bathtub!
  9. #157 Honey, I killed the Garden!
  10. #156 Still Playing Charades?
  11. #155 The Way Back to Emmaus

essays 146-154:

#89  The Eyes Don't Lie!
#104 Unwrap it!
#146 Trying to Floss with Greasy Hands!
#147 You can't sleep with your eyes open
#148 Keep those bristles down!
#149 "You Know Better than That!"
#150 "Soak it Up!"
#151 "If I Knew You Were Coming!"
#152 When the Tea Spills...the Table gets Waxed!
#153 "Millstone Check List"
#154 Cereal Box Meditation #2

essays 136-145:

  1. #145 Make yourself Useful!
  2. #144 Take out the Trash!
  3. #143 The Pendulum Swings....
  4. #142 Somebody's Servant
  5. #141 The Nine-headed Monster
  6. #140 Downwind of the Spirit
  7. #139 Not a Rolling Stone!
  8. # 138 Ashamed of being Ashamed
  9. #137 War on Termites!
  10. #136 Burning Bushes or Firecrackers?
  11. The Cat's Meow

HERE IS WHERE THE ESSAYS GO THE OTHER WAY:

essays 1-10:

  1. "God's Waiting Room"
  2. "Self-Sufficiency"
  3.  "Warts and All"
  4. "A shell to hide in"
  5. "Are you listening?"
  6. "Swimming Upstream"
  7. "looking in the mirror"
  8. "Misplaced confidence"
  9. "Deceptive Mimicry"

  10. "Whose Yardstick?"


    essays 11-20:

  1. "Fast-Food Prayers"
  2. "give me some rose-colored glasses!"
  3. "Weed-Tending"
  4. "Gentle nudges and heavy blows"
  5. "New and Improved, or Just New?"
  6. "Simple, but not Easy"
  7. "The Best Cook in the County"
  8. "More Carnivores needed!"
  9. "thoroughly steeped and piping hot"
  10. ."The best stain remover"

essays 21-30:

  1. "Big-headed and Pig-headed"
  2. "Jack and the Bitterstalk"
  3. "Fighting Solo"
  4. "The Shade that Refreshes"
  5. "Stale Bread and Flat Cola"
  6. "Trigger-happy Emotions"
  7. . Cadillacs and Yugos
  8. "Dandelions Bounce Back"
  9. "Magnets, Repellent, and Beautiful Feet"
  10. "Impressive! But what's that smell?"

(there are no essays 31-36)

essays 37-45

  1. #37 "What's blocking your view?"
  2. #38 "Don't touch that dial!"
  3. #39 "The 'Possum wasn't wearing Nikes"
  4. #40 "Bragging Faucets"
  5. #41 "Spilled Milk and other Irreversibilities"
  6. #42 "Now, there's a prime campsite!"
  7. #43 "So, you want to see fireworks?"
  8. #44 "Inconspicuous? Your horn is honking!"
  9. #45 "My, what nice leaves you have!"

essays 47-59

  1. #59  "Pig Food or Manna"
  2. #58 The Zucchini and the Olive Tree
  3. #57 "Swatting flies and slaying dragons"
  4. #56 Air-conditioning!
  5. #53 "Moths, Roaches, and Fireflies"
  6. #52 "Shoot again--I saw it move!"
  7. #51 "Hanging out Socks"
  8. #48 "What have you been swallowing?"
  9. #47 "The Mind and Ways of God, 101"
  10. #49 "Dirty Dishes and Daily Disciplines"

essays 60-67

  1. #67 Pull Out the Beam, Lord!
  2. #66 The Bugs that Bite Us
  3. #65 Save or Delete?
  4. #64 Souls Cast Down
  5. # 63 Shining Faces and Solar Cells
  6. #62 Botulism loves a vacuum!
  7. #61 "Supernatural Super Glue for the Soul"
  8. #60 Caked-on dirt & rusty bolts

essays 68-76

  1. #76 Keeping the path cleared
  2. #75 "To see over the railing"
  3. #74 Instruments or Decoration?
  4. #73 Truly missed, or just missing?
  5. #72 "Don't get attached to a goldfish!"
  6. #71 "All for one, and one for all!"
  7. #70 Duck or Decoy?
  8. #69 Like a bad penny...
  9. #68 A Teflon Brain

    essays 77-85

  1. #85 Why not Later?
  2. #84 The Black Sheep's Brother
  3. #83  If I only had a brain....like Adam!
  4. #82 Half or Whole?
  5. #81 Behind the Mask
  6. #80 Keeping your balance
  7. #79 Where the carpets never fade
  8. #78 What think ye of Christ?
  9. #77 Hard as...fingernails?

 

essays 86-95

  1. #95 The cupboards laid bare
  2. #94 stretched out of shape and falling apart!
  3. #93 Seeking Great Things
  4. #92 Lovin' Those Rags!
  5. #91 A dimly lit room
  6. #90 "I do it myself!"
  7. #89 Facial Expressions
  8. #88 An Aerial View
  9. #87 The Morning Breaks Eternal
  10. # 86 Hard to Turn Down

essays 96-105

  1. #105 Just change the baby!
  2. #104 Unwrap it!
  3. #103 A "cakey" attitude
  4. #102 Selah!
  5. #101 Quality Time?
  6. #100 Feel the Burn
  7. #99 "Who's Who"
  8. #98 Bungee-Cord Faith
  9. #97 Stunted?
  10. #96 While You Are Waiting