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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.


Don't feed it; you'll have to keep it.
My brother went to Florida with Uncle Click, and I had to feed his chickens while he was gone. I was scared of them, but he was paying me...
Oct 15, 20243 min read


Hear, hear! (Or at least get it close.)
I was nowhere near ready. But when Dad was ready to go to the Waffle House, not much got in his way. I think you could have put the set...
Sep 25, 20243 min read


Breaking Up is Hard to Do (But Breaking Down Comes Easy for Me)
Everyone’s a mechanic when you’ve got your hood up. That’s the problem for me. I usually remain calm and know exactly what to do until...
Sep 10, 20244 min read


Alex Trebek would roll over. (And we're about to.)
I already had a source for useless information. I won’t name any names, but there are people that when you see them coming, you better be...
Sep 3, 20243 min read


There's no use stewing about it.
Whew, I hope I don’t go into labor on labor day. I know they have a day set aside for it and all, but that has to be the worst way to...
Aug 29, 20243 min read


1 Corinthians 13 for Wives
© Celne Sparks 2022 Love sleeps on a root sticking up out of the ground and through your tent floor because camping on vacation sounded...
Aug 8, 20242 min read


50 Shades of Puce
On May 14th, my husband looked at the walls in the family room and said, “You wanna paint this room?” I seconded the motion and sang the...
Jul 17, 20243 min read


Near Death Experiences in the Back Yard
Now, what’s the point exactly again? You spend a lot of money, and then destroy the items you just bought on purpose? How did this idea...
Jul 4, 20245 min read


The Day AI Went to the Grocery Store
Somehow I was envisioning more than this. I heard some buzz about AI-powered grocery carts. First of all, the engineer who programmed...
Jun 6, 20244 min read


Grandma? Is that you?
We’re getting a little ridiculous with the ice cream flavors. There used to be three basic flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and for the far...
Jun 1, 20243 min read
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