Book Review: Parenting Without Regret

parentingI know what some of you must be thinking by now: Clark Bunch lauds the praises of every book he reviews. Between pastoring, seminary classes, raising a family and so forth I don’t have a lot of “extra time” for reviewing books. The truth of the matter is that I’m very selective. If the title or short description seems New Agey, short on theology or otherwise flaky, I don’t accept that book for review. With very few exceptions, the books I have chosen to review on The Master’s Table are ones that I expected to get something out of and would have enjoyed anyway. I’m not a professional reviewer and don’t waste my time reading books I don’t like. Continue reading

Back to School

We mentioned back to school on Monday but that was about it. Apparently we did a whole back to school themed Happy Monday post last year that I totally forgot about. We listed several “special editions” in the #200 post last week and the timing would have been perfect to include this one.

A significant portion of our society falls into the student/teacher/parent population. Below is a special mid-week repeat of Happy Monday: Back to School Edition, originally posted August 10, 2015.

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The first day of school doesn’t affect everyone equally. Continue reading

Happy Monday

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Props to Paul Wilkinson (Thinking Out Loud) for the signage. If you missed the big post #200 business here’s a link. If you’re ready to get back to business as usual, here we go… Continue reading

A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Sermon…

Screenshot 2016-07-28 at 6.27.46 AMAfter the 9/11 attacks on New York, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani spoke at a live taping of Saturday Night Live. The show has always been distinctly New York and he spoke very frankly with the cast, audience and show creator Lorne Michaels. He wanted the show the go on and encouraged them to do it. Michaels asked “Can we be funny?” And with a straight face Giuliani wryly replied “Why start now?” Continue reading

Happy Monday

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This cartoon captures the true spirit of Happy Monday. Life is tough, many things are beyond our control, and well, you know… Mondays. We all have powers. Smiles are contagious, God is good. Pass it on, and have a Happy Monday! Continue reading

Happy Monday

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This is Happy Monday #196. Our first Happy Monday posts were about the same time as the 2012 Summer Olympics and we actually followed the metal count.Maybe we’ll do something special in a few of weeks to celebrate, which probably doesn’t happen on Monday very often. Continue reading