Category: Grounds for Insanity column

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Sep 30, 2014

All for one, one for all–that’s family

09/29/14, Grounds for Insanity–It was a pair of socks. OK. So here, it’s always “a pair of socks.” Or rather, singles looking to be pairs. After years of laundering every

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Sep 23, 2014

Times tough for tooth fairy, stingers, and candidates vetted by Little

I was standing at the bathroom sink when I saw it. Glancing up at the corner where the shower meets the ceiling, there it was. It crouched, dark, menacing, a

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Sep 16, 2014

You were created on purpose, so live without fear

It was pea soup. Murk. London Harbor, judging by the thick fog that had rolled in overnight, blurring the landscape in greys. Soldiering through, I deposited Inspector Gadget and his

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Sep 09, 2014

When you “end up in Nappanee,” Jesus can help

It was the last FFF (Fun, Free Friday) of the summer. Here, one non-driving teen was needing a ride to the high school where the cross-country team was hoofing it

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Sep 02, 2014

Winning and losing, life lessons found in sports

I’d put it to him at dinner one night. There he sat, my blue-eyed, sandy-haired kid with the freckles on his nose and a corn cob in his hand. With

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Aug 26, 2014

Mirror, mirror that I see, who’s more stressed–him or me?

In the Great, Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe, this one ranks right up there. My vast experience with the opposite sex notwithstanding, I remain confused, perplexed and kerflummoxed; in a

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Aug 19, 2014

God guides our steps in the dark–that’s faith

It came as a surprise. Both times, I’d not seen it, not in the beginning, at least. Both times, there’d been nothing to indicate it lay hidden somewhere in the

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Aug 12, 2014

Summer of fun, faith and changes on The Three

What a summer it’s been. It began as it has many times in the past with a Little League baseball season. Up at the ballpark, we renewed old acquaintances, made

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Aug 05, 2014

Adrenaline junkies, country cyclists don’t follow ‘the book’

I was born on the Kansas prairie. On a long-ago day in July, I appeared, beating one sister by a couple of years and a brother by a solid six.

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Jul 21, 2014

Schrock boys could add excitement to the White House

What a wonderful time of year. As I write, a summer rain is falling. Instead of bundling up in layers, tripling my normal circumference, I trot happily about in flip-flops

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