I received a letter from an elderly saint who faithfully watches the broadcast of our worship services on the local cable network each Sunday evening. She expressed her appreciation for the sermons and congratulated me on losing weight before asking me this question, “By the way did you make up the bed before Monday?” In… Read More »
Congratulations Graduates
Our church hosted the annual baccalaureate service for the 2013 graduates of Rock Hill High School last night, something we’ve done for a number of years. David Mitchell and Will Beaty took the lead in coordinating this service with a group of the graduates and they did an especially good job this year. Shelton Sanford… Read More »
Time Travel
Today Jacqueline and Liam are flying from Italy to Toronto, where they’ll stay for three weeks before coming to Rock Hill. Evan, who’s in the Air Force, begins a six month tour in Qatar in a few days. It’s a nine hour direct flight. Yet they’ll only lose three hours on the clock. They’ll leave… Read More »
Redbuds and Dogwoods
“The pollen is really bad. Everything is yellow. But the redbuds and dogwoods are really pretty.” That was how my brother described the scene in Kentucky this morning as he drove to work. He talked about how beautiful the mountains are when everything turns green, but how dreary they can be in the winter. That… Read More »
Azaleas and Pollen
The new life and blooms of spring have always been beautiful. They took on a new beauty for me when Monieca and I moved to Sumter, SC 29 years ago. I had never seen so many azaleas and camellia bushes. They grew large and painted the landscape in spring like a talented artist covers a… Read More »
Temptation
During Sunday’s sermon I mentioned that Monieca did not get me a solid chocolate bunny for my Easter basket this year. She always prepares me, as well as our kids and their spouses, an Easter basket filled with “goodies”, gifts and a card. Mine and Steven’s always include a solid chocolate bunny. He got one… Read More »
Good Intentions and Valentine’s Day
I’m looking at a Valentine Card I purchased a few weeks ago with good intentions. It was for my mom. I was in the Dollar Store one day and saw all these cards. I thought, “Get several cards now and I won’t have to worry about getting them later or risk forgetting to buy cards.”… Read More »
Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and Marty Stuart
It was a story and a song that touched my emotions. Saturday evening Monieca and I attended a Marty Stuart concert with Duncan and Jan Futrelle. It was a blast listening to some of the most talented musicians on the planet play guitars. Stuart sang a song he had written as a tribute to Johnny… Read More »
Aging Spots and Other Stuff
During lunch today at Bob Evans, it hit me that I could order from the 55 and over menu. That felt weird. I’ll share with you a few other things I noticed recently that felt weird. Aging spots! That’s right; I noticed them on my hands. I’m not supposed to have those yet. My hair!… Read More »
A Day of Ups and Downs
It’s amazing how one day can be so up and down, filled with both encouraging and discouraging events. Yesterday was such a day for me. First, the down part of my day: I met with a woman whose husband recently left her, talked to a man whose marriage is in trouble, was informed that an… Read More »
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