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372 posts of hope & humor

Books

• Characters: Comedies and Dramas
• Communicate to Change Lives
• Squeezing Good Out of Bad
• The Why Files: Are there really ghosts?
• The Why Files: Is there really life after death?
• The Why Files: When can I start dating?
• Writing with Banana Peels: Principles, Practices, and Pratfalls of Writing with Humor
• More

Comedy/drama

• Characters: Comedies and Dramas
• Brother Bob Blessing: "Something Lucrative Is Going to Happen to You"
• Pilate (Easter drama)
• Wiseman and Wife (comedy/drama)

Cultural issues

• 2012: End of the world?
• Conspiracy theories
• Cults: sects and violence
• Dealing with terrorist attacks (7 articles)
• Dirty words
• Disney's distortions
• Harry Potter: The good, the bad, the muggly
• "I wanna be a n'acho man!"
• Living simply, living richly
• New slogans for old "boomers"
• Psychic secrets revealed
• Reality TV: Get real!
• School shootings
• Urban legends

Death/dying

• Dealing with death and grief
• Dealing with impending death
• Dealing with terrorist attacks
• Life's VCR

Health

• Aging
• Breaking habits . . . before they break you
• Dark chocolate is good for you!
• Dealing with pain (from Squeezing Good Out of Bad)
• Government spells "heath" with "w"
• "I just want to die" (suicide)
• I'm eight pill bottles old
• Managing your time . . . and sanity
• Resources for physical and mental health (25+ links)
• Top ten things I've learned living with cancer
• WWJD? What would Jesus devour?
• You may be depressed if . . .

Holidays

• Christmas (12 articles)
• Easter (10 articles)
• Halloween
• Thanksgiving

Hope

• Best of Hope & Humor: 2010
• Best of Hope: 2011
• Encouragement for clergy
• Encouraging quips and quotations
• God is never late . . . but He sure is slow!
• Hope and humor blog
• "I'm a giant killer!" keynote talk
• Keeping your dreams alive
• Son of a saint: good parents, bad children
• Spray-paint parenting
• Twenty of my most hopeful posts from 2010
• Why? Some thoughts on life's tough questions

Humor

• Airline travel
• Are you absolutely sure there are no absolutes?
• Bad, bad baby names
• Barbie turns big 5-0
• Best of Humor: 2011
• Beyond Viagra: What women really want
• The Book of Joe: Feeling rather Job-ish?
• Brother Bob Blessing: "Something Lucrative Is Going to Happen to You"
• Everyone needs a kidney stone
• Faith of Our Mothers
• Finely-aged believers
• It's a Wonderful Life
• Mr. Rogers: "It's a Terrible Day in the Neighborhood"
• My "real" job: Confessions of a stay-at-home dad
• Old predictions for the new year
• The Papoose-Driven Life
• Planned Bank Robbery: We're Pro-Choice!
• Pray-o-matic
• Top ten differences between "secretaries" and "administrative professionals"
• Top ten great things about being in ministry
• Top ten lists
• Top ten signs the staff is stressed out
• Top ten things not to say at airport security
• Top ten things you won't hear at commencement
• Top ten wishes for my 50th birthday
• The Twitter Bible
• What I didn't learn in kindergarten
• "Yep, I'm intolerant"
• You can fix anything with duct tape . . .
• You may be a parent . . .if you've ever said one or more of the following

Issues

• Are afterbirth stem cells more effective than unborn stem cells?
• Are you absolutely sure there are no absolutes?
• Are you, Jim, a feminist?
• "Burn a Koran Day"
• Capital punishment
• Civil unions
• Does DNA disprove evolution?
• "Everybody Loves Barack"
• Hate crimes
• Homosexuality
• Intolerance
• Iraq War
• Is it a life or a choice?
• "Jumbo shrimp" and "mercy killing" (Euthanasia)
• Negative campaigning
• Osama 'Grinch' Laden
• Planned Bank Robbery: We're pro-choice!
• Prayer in school
• Product safety
• Pro-pro-life
• "So help me, God"
• Taxes: My plot to eliminate IRS
• The Ten Commandments
• Were Founding Fathers "Christian"?
• When is war "just"?

Love and sex

• Breaking up without breaking down
• Children who marry their parents: the psychology of courtship
• The Cure for alienation
• Cure for common cold: sex
• Different from the neck up
• Falling in love—and getting back up
• Guy's guide to cars . . . and sex
• The hang-ups with 'hookups'
• Homosexuality: Why are people so bent out of shape?
• Hormonal Output Toxicity Syndrome (HOTS): Why guys do what
guys do
• "I Can Hear You Snore" and other realistic love songs
• Is oral sex "sex"?
• Looking for love in all the right places
• Marriage vs. same-sex unions
• No hablo, estrogen: becoming bilingual in relationships
• Porn: Reel vs. real sex
• Seven things your guy wishes you knew about him—but doesn't know how to tell you
• Top ten advantages of robot love
• Three secrets to xxx-ceptional sex
• Top ten reasons I'm not divorcing my wife
• Why are guys such boobs about breasts?

Spirituality

• Thirty-one days of "Hope & Humor" devotions
• Angels don't come from Hallmark
• Are there really ghosts?
• Are you eternally in-secure?
• Becoming like little children
• Being a wise Samaritan
• Charles Colson: good and faithful servant
• Demons: possession or obsession?
• Genuine Jesus or Counterfeit Christ?
• Encouragement for clergy
• God is never late . . . but He sure is slow!
• God's will' is not lost: for those trying to find it
• Healing: faith or fake?
• It's Sunday . . . but Jesus is Comin'
• "It Is Well with My Soul" The rest of the stories
• The Lone Ranger and someone to believe in
• Looking for love in all the right places
• Ministry resources for pastors, teachers, Christian leaders
• Rolling through life (finding your spiritual balance)
• Signs and wonders?!
• Taking up the correct cross
• The rest of the Bible story
• Thirty-one days of "Hope & Humor" devotions
• Watkins' Church Dictionary
• "What must I do to inherit eternal life?"
• Who is the supreme super hero?
• Why? Some thoughts on life's tough questions
• Women in ministry resources (20+ articles)
• More

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