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    Analyzing the Logic on the Bag of Rainbow Goldfish Crackers

    I cringed as I read it, but I was grateful when a friend linked to this excellent article by Alastair Roberts: Rob Bell and Don Draper — The Ad Man’s Gospel I cringed because it was true and thus, it made me sad: “If the theologian of the 16th century was a lawyer, the theologian of the 21st century is an ad man.” “The ad man doesn’t persuade his customer by making a carefully reasoned and developed argument, but by subtly deflecting objections, evoking feelings and impressions, and directing those feelings and harnessing those impressions in a way that serves his interests. Where the lawyer argues, the ad man massages.” I was grateful…

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    Please Don’t Make My Funeral About Me

    Since my “How to Write a Eulogy for a Bad Mom” article continues to be one of my most-read articles ever, I can only assume that this topic is a hot one. It is also, I would guess, a painful one for many of us who are not buying Mother’s Day cards this year because we are missing our moms (both “good” and “bad” moms and aren’t all moms both? just in different ways? I know I am!). I actually had the most realistic dream about my mother recently. It was so sweet. We were just talking like normal, like we used to do pretty much every day. And then I…