On last night’s episode of American Idol, 12,000 hopefuls auditioned in Chicago and only 13 went through to Hollywood. (Boston had 9,000 auditions and 31 golden tickets. How ’bout that?) You can read the play-by-play of last night’s Chicago auditions, with guest judge Shania Twain, but for those of you with short attention spans, here’s…

Here are the readings for January 20, 2010: Genesis 39:1-40:23 Psalm 10:1-11 Proverbs 4:1-6 Matthew 13:31-58 You can find all of the passages at BibleGateway.com. And if you’ve missed some readings, here is the list for January 2010. Are you joining me in the challenge to read the Bible in a year? Let me know…

American Idol Season 9 held auditions in Chicago last June, and you’ll get to see them tonight, when we’re back for another round of America’s favorite singing competition! Tonight’s guest judge is Shania Twain. Join me here tonight at 8 PM; I’ll be blogging live and giving you a play-by-play! 8:00 PM – We open…

As I’m reading through the Bible, I’m taking notes. Well, mostly, I’m making a list of questions about things I just don’t understand. I’ve found that it’s a lot easier to just admit to God that I don’t have a stinking clue what’s going on than pretend that I understand it all. So here are…

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