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CoffeeTime: “Do you dread Christmas?”
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Many people do. Many people find this particular holiday season to be full of heartache, or a nameless void. They can feel a myriad of …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Is Someone Staying Miserable By Habit?”
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I am convinced of a truth after living all these years on this earth. Simply and baldly stated, there are some people who have bathed …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Funny Stuff…Now”
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Four-year-old Barry was rambunctious and energetic. Gifted by God with charming smile, electric blue eyes and golden hair.
From the moment those …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Thanksgiving: A time to save!”
Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Everybody knows finances are tight today. Now, one can only hope against hope that by the time this column hits your hands, the sentence I just wrote is a lie. That by some miracle the ever- escalating balloon of inflation in our country has run into a sharp knife and…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “I’m sorry, Daddy, I really am sorry!”
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Little Jimmy was one of those eight-year-boys who seem to be able to find a mud puddle in the Sahara Desert. And within seconds have his body …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Drunken Pastor Living Among Us”
Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com My husband was a pastor for many years. And as such, he has always attempted to hold his public image as close to clean and shiny as he possibly could. After all, when you are called to represent the Creator, to love and help His creations, you really don’t want to…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Burn Barrels”
Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Remember from your childhood all those stories about that man or woman “who lives right over there?” That person you knew from experience – yours or others – to avoid at all costs. Those stories varied from a witch, to scary dude, to mean as a junk yard dog. Yeah, me…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “MIGHTY THIN PANCAKES IN THIS WORLD”
Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Ever listened to two people or two groups argue? Both opponents believe there is only one real truth – MINE!! Doesn’t matter how loudly the other side yells. Doesn’t make a difference how many facts the other side lays out and cites triumphantly. These volunteer advocates for living with sky high…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “When work becomes a pile of cold ashes”
Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Ever created your own mess, and then had to try for a couple of days to find a way out of it? Ending up stressed out, and physically exhausted. Exhaustion then causes you to be mentally hazy, so you don’t think clearly enough to be able to solve your problem. And…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Listen to the old gambler”
Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com A grizzled old man observed with trained eyes and alert ears as the novice young man did his best to hold his own at a table filled with experienced, skillful gamblers and crooked card sharks. Needless to say, things were going from bad to worse. At the end of the long…
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