Preach that Sermon, Preacher Man!

My fellow preachers, calling our sermons "talks" doesn't make them something other than sermons. Everyone in the room knows you are preaching to them. The term "talk" may be disingenuous unless you are actually inviting the people to talk back. Otherwise, you are simply talking "at" a room full of people, and who wants to be "talked at"?

A Broke Bloke

Anyone who knows me knows that I tend to chirp about being broke. No joke. It's not that I don't make any money, I do. It's that it seems as though I never make enough. Apparently, according to some perceptive government bureaucrat, my wife and I are what they call "working poor," in other words we live paycheck to paycheck.

Now, I don't want to come off as a total complainer, so let me say there are some advantages to living paycheck to paycheck. For example, the stock market collapse of last year barely affected me, that's an advantage, right?

There are some not-so-good things, like we can't afford to buy a house, but even that negative consequence has some advantages. For example, If my roof leaks, I don't have to worry about fixing it. Or if my water heater, furnace, etc. break down, it's not my problem. It's the landlord's problem. That's peace of mind, right there.

Also there is an upside to the pseudo "poverty mindset" that settles in after living paycheck to paycheck for a few years. You kinda get used to it. I was broke yesterday, I am broke today, I'll probably be broke tomorrow. It can be stressful, that's for sure, but I don't think it's any more stressful than what some people are worrying about these days. You know, imploding mutual funds, collapsing house values, and a President who seems to be pretty convinced that everyone should pay more taxes.

Everyone but me, that is.