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The Barefoot Preacher's Wife
Check here for the most recent humor columns by Celine Sparks.
Other columns can be found mixed in with her Biblically-based books: Because I Said So; Whatever Happened to Fried Chicken?; How to Train Your Dragon; and If Mama Ain't Happy.
At least no one was envious.
Not trying to live in the past. Not. I generally try to focus on important current issues in articles such as what’s going on with...
Oct 123 min read
Who's that lady?
“Why is there a woman in our car?” I wasn’t even listening. I was staring down at the bunless filet-of-fish – I ordered it that way – but...
Sep 234 min read
Over a barrel
I was crackers before Cracker Barrel was cool. I grew up with my parents dragging me out of bed on Saturday and driving to the outskirts...
Aug 263 min read
I meant to do that
We stand in the brokenness, and sob, “I never meant to do this." It’s where sin lands us. But while we say, “I didn’t mean to,” Jesus...
Aug 113 min read
Meshach, Shadrach, and My First-World Problems
© Celine Sparks, 2025 Someone wrote a song about it, and there’s been reverb from it in our conversations for the past year or so. Even...
Jul 125 min read
There's Gotta Be a Better Word for this than Glad.
It seems to me we have come a long way in advancing a lot of things for world leaders and soccer moms. The problem of getting tangled up...
May 244 min read
Signs of Early Senility
There was only one. You know, it was something about serenity to change things and not change things, and the wisdom to know how to spell...
May 113 min read
Shoot first, and fix the bowtie later.
© Celine Sparks, 2025 There’s a reason I am not doing the ChatGPT roast. I’m just a little bit jealous that I can stay up all night...
Apr 243 min read
Dead tired. Without the tired part.
Celine Sparks, 2025 I’m tired. Like the bonafide deep tired you can’t get just from a long tech rehearsal or a Richard Simmons workout...
Apr 73 min read
See Sally run. Barely.
Three is a magic number. If you’re old enough that you could never commit to which Bobby you had a bigger crush on – Brady, Sherman, or...
Mar 135 min read
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