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(Please remember that Barbasol is a registered trademark.) I remember growning up and my dad and then my brother having Barbasol in the bathroom. It's been around forever and I'm sure you've seen it on the store shelves. It's the cheap stuff but it still works great for shaving. I'll even admit to using it on my legs. But I have discovered that Barbasol has many different uses besides just shaving. So here they are. (Please note that just because these uses are listen below I do not necessarily condone these uses.) 1) "Pie in the Face" - If you've ever been to camp and tried to "pie" someone in the face and used whip topping you'll find that heat and whip topping do not mix. It melts and leaves behind a rancid, hot dairy smell. It's not fun for anyone after the initial "pieing." So it was determined that Barbasol shave foam still gives you that white, fluffy appearance and does not smell hot spoiled dairy no matter how lo

Today’s reading from the book of Job ends the lectionary’s readings for the book and we won’t see it come up again very much for a couple of years. Job is a book that should cause us to pause and wonder about what is going on with our canon. Why was this book included in the 37 that became the Christian Old Testament? We begin the Christian Bible by reading of the good works that God does in creation (noting that they are all good and that God was pleased), walking with God’s chosen people, and taking care of the people. And although God does get upset with God’s people, much like a parent gets upset with their child; God never stops loving all of creation. Then we hit the book of Job and well the image that one can read doesn’t sound like the God we’ve come to know and love. God has taken a pious man, a man who has done well for himself and his family and seems to put him through the ringer. Job’s family and wife are removed from him; he loses his possessions, and just seems to be a