When people ask me how much money I make I respond, “The same as you. Not enough.”

Additionally, putting large amounts of hours on precision fighter aircraft and dropping guided bombs that cost $20,000 apiece at a minimum can quickly make a country rethink its involvement in such an operation if it appears to be treading water.

I’ll take anything that’s free...except STDs.

Let’s see. How does it go? Height on the left, IQ on the right?

A slight correction to the post: Amazing Grace was not originally a black spiritual, but was published in 1779 by the English poet and clergyman John Newton (1725–1807), a white man. Newton’s life story was nothing short of amazing: the himself was enslaved and also later became a slave trader before his conversion.…

And spiders!!! Lawd, hav’ marcy!

Great idea! Gonna get one for my mother-in-law.

Great idea! Gonna get one for my mother-in-law.

13 minutes on how to clean a paint brush??

So many uses...so little time.

I leased a vehicle once. Totaled it. Best damn way to get out of a lease and get some money from insurance.

I wish I had a gap in my jeans.

Back in the day, Rapidshare was the ONLY (ahem) file sharing site worth downloading from. They even had times where you could download without having a paid account; you just sat at your computer all day hoping to catch the free time. Sigh. Life was so simple back then. Hey, does anybody remember Windows XP?

What's with all the books in the background? Looks like the same set up they use for church directory backgrounds where all those religious wingnuts are made to look intelligent .

Popcorn ceilings also collect dust and cobwebs, which if thick enough, add to sound diffusing. A bonus if you careless about cleaning, but a pain if the stuff drops down on your TV dinner.

I was simply making a comparison that a study of pastoral satisfaction doesn't generate the interest among the general population as do other occupations. You could probably strike tech engineers and substitute porn stars or any number of professions. And I stand by the statistics as well as my own experience in the…

I'm sorry this information doesn't meet your standards. Doing survey's on pastors is not as exciting or money generating as doing survey's on tech engineers so yes, the info may be dated, but doubt the pastoral situation has improved over the past seven years. But I'm glad for you that wherever you're employed you…

Here are some statics then, an article from the NYT and an article from FaithStreet. Make what you want from them. www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/?articleid=36562

I was 25 years in the ministry and am retired and still have association with the ministry. I think I have a fair read on the situation.

Don't know where they got the info about ministers, but I know a plenty and from what they tell me, their job is anything but satisfying. It's like being a dog at a whistlers' convention. Dysfunctional church members in positions of power hounding you over dumb shit, making their problems yours. That's not to say…

AA has a bumper sticker saying about fighting the urge to drink: "This, too, shall pass."