Articles by
Steve Dennie

Travel Articles

Random Pokes Columns

RandomPokes was a column which ran in the United Brethren magazine from 1978-1993, and then periodically in the UB and Connect newsletters.

• Night of the Absentee Wife. A plague of spiders.
• A Boy Named Alice. My many labels, one of which is PK.
• The Amazing Armormate. Thoughts on spiritual armor.
• Boogeymen in the Basement. Our assurance of salvation.
• A Biology Project. Glorying in yester-year's successes.
• The Boys of Summer and Their Crazed Parents. Still bitter about Little League.
• Cinderella Surprise. Noticing the people in the shadows.
• Mr. Gentry is My Coach, I Shall Not Play. Revenge of a bench-warmer.
• Coffeeholic Christians. We feel the need for caffeine.
• Cold Jealousy. My life as a stalker.
• Blue Mountains, Red Lowlands, Yellow Water. We reward style more than we should.
• Life in the Express Lane. A subtle bigotry.
• Fast Food Christians. The consumer mentality in the church.
• Fitted Sheets. What makes God frustrated?
• How Not to Sack Groceries. What are you modeling?
• A Life without Dominos and Remote Control. Those good ole years.
• One Handful Flew into the Cuckoo's Nest. A bout with overwhelming guilt.
• Gawking. The people who sit idly on the sidelines.
• Gossip, Gossip. Pass it On. Church life teems with assumptions.
• The Upward Trail. Essay exams and spiritual growth.
• Farmer Bill Dies in House. Amazing Bible headlines.
• Junking Your Junk. Junk habits, junk relationships.
• Why Must the Wife Cook Supper? Many things in life aren't fair.
• Linguistic Lethargy. Chit-chatting with the optometrist.
• Hanging Out at the Mall. We need to hang out with each other more.
• Midnight Call. The cops pay us a late visit.
• Don't Call Me a Missionary. It's a special term for special people.
• Mosquito Bites in the Darkness. Little things make a difference.
• Musings on the Origin of Genesis.
• The First Christian Olympics. Hypothetical silliness.
• Fear and Trembling from the Roof of My Mouth. Church phobias.
• My Life as a Phone Runner. Your work matters to God.
• Pixie Stick Addict. The day I stole from Mom.
• Playing Racquetball. Thoughts of getting whiplash.
• The Mouse that Fell to Earth. Model rocketry and UFOs.
• Shoulders Back, Chin Up, Back Straight. Our need for affirmation.
• A Pack of Winstons and a Rattlesnake. How I quit smoking.
• Cheers from the Grandstand. HC's wonderful Miss Edwina Patton.
• Partly Rainy with a Chance of Clouds. Macho Christianity.
• What We Know. We assume too much about people.