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Fresh Pet is good for Ennis

While much preferring the company of two feet than four, a choice that puts me at odds with those who prefer tail-wagging to boot-scooting, the people at FreshPet are another breed altogether.

The Most Rhetorical Question in All of History

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What’s the first question that pops into your mind when I ask you to think of a rhetorical question? Some common rhetorical questions are: Is rain wet? Is the Pope Catholic? Do you think money grows on trees?

Nursing is a work of heart

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I don’t like having blood drawn. I don’t like anything about doctors’ appointments except the declaration, “You’re fine.” At the end of August, however, I headed toward a routine appointment and observed a flurry of teachers returning to their desks and their duties.

Cruising with crazies

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Last time I was on a boat was the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls in Buffalo. It was sea-worthy and required passengers to wear a cheap, hooded, blue plastic baggy to prevent passengers from getting soaked when the double-decker neared the falls.

We only have one chance to make it right

The other day I was speaking with a person I’ve known most of my life, and he asked me if I could go back in time and live my life again, what would change. You would think this would be a question from someone who has maybe suffered and now contemplates how much better life would have been if different decisions had been made. However, this person has been very blessed with a nice family, decent health, and more wealth than they will ever be able to spend. It’s true that many people are just never satisfied and often even a great life is not really appreciated. Instead of thanking God for all the good things we have, some will spend their lives daydreaming about a life that could have been. The truth is they would still not be satisfied. Jesus is the only person in heaven and earth that can give true peace and contentment whatever the situation.

Catholics confront abortion

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Give Catholics credit for standing strong. And when they flex, they show a fearless resolve about what is important to them. One such tenet is abortion, and the Catholic Church is a spiritual force in Western Civilization.

Pedigrees

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I was eating a pimiento cheese sandwich and watching the CBS Evening News when a professional portrait of Dr. Jesse Steinfeld appeared on the screen. My chewing became intentionally slower and slower as I stared at the television screen.

Circumstantial evidence

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It was time to come back from Mexico. It wasn’t because of the weather. The weather was wonderful. The nights up in the mountains were cool, and the days were warm, and sometimes, in the afternoons, a thunderstorm would roll in, and a refreshing rain would fall, leaving the air clean and sweet. No. It wasn’t the weather.

Jesus loves the little children

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Last week we talked about how desperately we need to reach all children for Christ, and I still have much to say on the matter. God loves the little children and always made it a point to spend quality with them. Why? Because He knew that when a child learns about God and the eternal truth is planted deep within their hearts, it will always be there. One of the passages about that promise is found in Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” This is talking about investing our time to show them what God says, demonstrating righteous behavior, and teaching them to resist temptation, standing for what is true even if it is not popular. Let us remember that Jesus loves the little children and no matter what the world believes or how we are persecuted for rejecting sin, protecting an innocent child is our responsibility.

Beautiful begins underneath

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I wonder if my presence in an auto parts store is a little bit like a truck driver shopping in a fine lingerie boutique. On this hot, summer day, the usual suspects at the auto parts store were comfortable on the stools at the counter; they know each other well. They talk about early morning flat tires and thank the owner for opening up “just for me” when trouble hit last weekend. They complain about the heat, ask about recent meniscus surgery and then they go their merry way.