A pastor serving in another denomination wrote the following: “When I was a college student, I participated in a program where I spent my junior year abroad in Europe. I remember the experience of exploring for the first time the city where I would spend a year. At first, everything appeared to be different: the… Read More »
Lost in a Memory
I’m sitting in my “Kentucky Room” at home. Decorated with lots of UK Wildcats stuff, it’s where I watch UK games on my big screen. Some of the decorations celebrate past victories and championships. There’s a Jeff Sheppard print celebrating our 1998 NCAA title, a beautiful painting celebrating our 1996 title and an autographed basketball… Read More »
Those Silly Cats
For Valentine’s Day, Monieca and I ate dinner at Outback…the prime rib was really good. When we got home, our two outdoor cats (we live in the country) reminded me of an important lesson in life. Now I know you might think that’s silly, but let me explain. One of my fondest memories is from… Read More »
You’re Ancient
“Oh my gosh, you’re ancient!” That was Miller Pitt’s spontaneous outburst when he checked the version of Mozilla Firefox I was using to access the internet on the PC in my study at the church. It was working fine, except each time I went to our own church web site some of the content did… Read More »
I Didn’t Know
My annual eye exam was this week and the good news is I don’t need new glasses. My vision really hasn’t changed much in more than a decade, so I’m happy about that. I began wearing glasses my first semester of seminary. I was 22 and noticed that reading small print gave me a headache.… Read More »
I Loved My Kodak 110 Camera
I’ve always enjoyed photography. Even today I display some pictures I took as a kid using the one simple camera our family owned. Then in high school I purchased a Kodak 110 camera that was inexpensive and took color photographs. I used that camera for several years, even taking it to New York city and… Read More »