Dear Pastor Tim,
I have been on your clean laugh list for what must be over a year now. It remains a blessing to me to open a clean and cheerful email from you every morning. Your site is truly salt and light on the net!!
I have just been listening to your 'Tsunami Souls' (Listen Here) as I finish packing my bags here in my home in New Zealand in preparation for flying out tomorrow to do aid & relief work among the tribal groups along the coast of Southern Thailand. I just want to thank you for your message, it has been a real source of encouragement and motivation for me at a time when my head is too full of too many thoughts. The reality and the simplicity of the message of Jesus Christ and the cross really brings everything else back into focus.
I grew up on the island of Phuket where my parents worked as . . .
The world (and unfortunately some churches) have many discontented people and spiritual bullies. So when you try to uplift, entertain and encourage people, (and maybe even make them laugh) it only stands to reason that every now and then someone is going to go off the deep end on you. On the internet that deep end usually manifests itself through a vitrious and gall filled e-mail sent so the author can get his/her jollies by blasting you (otherwise known as a "flame").