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ACADEMIC ‘’DECAF’’

Beamer, 16, so nicknamed because of her radiant smile, is smiling even brighter today. She was just selected for her school’s Academic Decathlon team for next year. It’s a big honor and will be very good for her, as a fun-loving third-born and jockette, to buckle down to some serious scholarship.

That’s the good news. The BAD news is:

1) Her mother, the journalism major, told her grandmother, the English major, yesterday that the cell phone ‘’had rang’’ instead of ‘’had rung.’’ Remember yesterday’s Bible anecdote about Nehemiah tearing people’s hair out for making stupid mistakes? Yeah, well. . . .

2) Her father, the intrepid business leader, lost his car keys, and was afraid they were somewhere out among the 42 billion blades of grass that he just mowed yesterday. His pocket was empty, anyway, and that was the only clue. He has no hair left to tear out. He felt reallllly stooooopid.

Good thing parental IQ isn’t a factor in the Academic Decathlon selection process. We’re not exactly kickin’ on all cylinders. Several of the bulbs are out on our intellectual candelabra. We’re . . . ‘’Academic Decaf.’’

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Prayer request: A good friend’s mother has passed away. All year in Bible Study, Brenda has asked us to pray for her mother’s various needs and illnesses. Father, reward her for being such a loving and responsible daughter, a faithful witness for the Lord Jesus Christ. (Acts 26:16)