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  • amos the churchmouse: ella the unenchanted ant

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. ella the unenchanted ant just the other day boss i ran across a disillusioned young insect ella the apathetic ant was ambling down a church aisle bemoaning the state of her life and the church pew underworld around her life looks so hopeless ella moaned nothing really matters anymore i don t...

  • amos the churchmouse: the ballad of davy crickett

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse:a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos, our churchmouse poet, decided last week to try out Willifred the white rat's experimental tiny time machine. So, on Tuesday, Willifred installed his Tiny Time Traveler on Amos' 1957 Cheeserolet motorized matchbox. The first time Amos had tried the time machine, he had found himself in Israel and face-to-face with Mrs. Mouses and her special cookbook, "One Thousand and One Ways To Fix Manna." This time, however, the moment Amos climbed in, he found himself in...

  • amos the churchmouse: amos on perseverance

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: In response to a reader's request, Amos asked we reprint a favorite column. Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hurling himself at the keys, but he can't operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. amos on perseverance boss i think i might have mentioned this before but life ain t easy under a church pew the heathen alley cats have declared war on me they climb up on the window ledge outside the church and sneer a... Full story

  • amos the churchmouse: amos meets a frog-herding lizard

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard keys, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. amos meets a frog-herding lizard boss all this rain in recent days has me contemplating the idea of turning my little matchbox home into a houseboat-on-a-raft but more than that it feels like we ve stepped into a biblical plague have you counted all the frogs who have shown up on the c... Full story

  • amos the churchmouse: the saga of joe cricket

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos, our little churchmouse poet, has been reflecting on Independence Day and its relation to spiritual life. He ran across two Scriptures - Joshua 24:15, which states: "... choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve .... But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord" and Galatians 5:1, which states: "For freedom Christ has made us free; Stand fast, therefore, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage."Using those two passages as a... Full story

  • amos the churchmouse: the great trumpage gamer

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse:a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks - except hyphens and dashes. the great trumpage gamer boss i went by tommy tarantula s house the other day and he hardly spoke to me i was a little miffed so i says to him why aren t you speaking to me do you think you re some sort of celebrity at first he still didn t answer me then says he can t talk - playing trumpage what...

  • amos the churchmouse: the broken-hearted beetle

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on a computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the broken-hearted beetle boss pastor leroy had a guest speaker during services last week in the church pew underworld the speaker turned out to be londa the ladybug missionary who had traveled overseas to witness to the bugs bees birds and beetles while there she met a an elderly japanese beetle wh...

  • amos the churchmouse: freddie flea s loving dad

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard keys, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. freddie flea s loving dad boss have i told you how freddie flea became reunited with his father question mark here you remember freddie has had a rather dismal past freddie s father waited lovingly and patiently for his son to come to his senses – just like the biblical prodigal it seems lik...

  • amos the churchmouse: amos goes to anchorage

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    Editor's note: Lately, Amos has become obsessed with the thought of missions. One day, he walked across a picture of a starving, orphaned mouse in India, and he claims that the innocent little fellow's gaunt face and emaciated whiskers have haunted him every night until he decided to do something about it. For one thing, he replaced all of his "Cheeses of the World" posters (which lined the walls of his cozy matchbox home) with pictures of gaunt, starving animals from all over the world. In addition, he has become a regular c... Full story

  • amos the churchmouse: amos gets souped

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. amos gets souped boss i shoulda known better my momma told me to never play around kitchen stoves i shoulda known better but i did it anyway marcellus the big fat cat was at it again first chasing all the rats scattering the gnats and disturbing the two bats in the belfry then quicker than v... Full story

  • amos the churchmouse: graduation daze

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. graduation daze boss just seeing all the young hamsters and little mice dressed in their multicolored cheesecloth caps and gowns brought back memories from many days and gray hairs gone by back in sixty-six it was and there was a song called quotes here boss - giddy-up giddy-up four-o-nine - end quotes roaring up the top-forty mouse music c... Full story

  • amos the churchmouse: a tribute to amos s mom

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hurling himself at the keys, but he can't use the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks - except hyphens and dashes. a tribute to amos s mom boss i was searching for kite string the other day for my little niece annie marie when i stumbled across some old photos of me and mom there i was dressed up like the lone raider you remember him boss the masked mouse who rode his matchstick horse for cheese and justice for all and there was mom with a bandana on her head...

  • amos the churchmouse: ernie the fruit peddler

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the keyboard letters, and he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. ernie the fruit peddler boss there s a little farmer earthworm here named ernie who raises veggies and fruit on the land he and his family tills during harvest season ernie pushes his fruit and veggie cart through the highways and byways of the church pew underworld to be honest boss i don t k... Full story

  • amos the churchmouse: changing world same jesus

    Gary Mitchell Religion columnist

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on a computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks - except hyphens and dashes. changing world same jesus boss i ran across carrie chameleon the other day she was busy transforming herself to look like green grass then a pink rock and finally the brown road the changes she underwent amazed me boss but it caused me to reflect on the state of the church pew underworld there may b...