It’s dark outside and another Thanksgiving Day is nearly over. Monieca and I are spending the holiday at the beach, which has become our tradition. Our son, Steven, and his wife, Sara and her parents are with us and it’s been a good day. The day has been a combination of cooking, eating, walking on… Read More »
War Room: A Must See Movie
Tuesday evening my daughter, Jacqueline, and I saw the movie “War Room” and both of us are giving it a big thumbs up. If you haven’t seen it, you should. You will be inspired, convicted, motivated, challenged, encouraged, corrected, and several other adjectives I could choose. While watching the movie, at times you will find… Read More »
Sunday Highlights 8.23.2015
We wrapped up the sermon series on homosexuality Sunday morning. You can watch, listen, or download the sermons at our FBC website. With four sermons lasting 45 to 50 minutes each, we obviously covered a lot of information. Yet we still were not able to answer every question or discuss every issue. So beginning Tuesday… Read More »
Happy Birthday Mom
Mom celebrated her 78th birthday this week. Below is a photograph of her with four of her eight great-grandchildren taken when we all got together for dinner one evening. Monieca had flown to KY last week and I drove up Sunday afternoon after worship. I stopped at a market after crossing into KY and bought… Read More »
Uncle Donald Eugene Prewitt
When they first met he was a devout Christian and she followed a different religion. In fact, she knew very little about Jesus Christ. Yet over the next three years they talked often, with my uncle Don always telling her something about Jesus and how to have a relationship with Him. Eventually she committed her… Read More »
Memories and a Deer
Steven traveled to KY with Monieca and me to visit our families this past weekend and he ended up driving the whole way. I was on medication because of vertigo and was in no shape to drive. So I slept, listened to the radio, and talked with our son during Thursday evening’s six hour trip.… Read More »
Grief and Grace
Losing a loved one is hard. Losing a spouse is a really hard. Losing a spouse unexpectedly at a young age is even harder. To help those who experience such loses, Stewart Smith leads GriefShare @ FBC. Earlier this week I was leaving the office late one evening when I bumped into one of our… Read More »
We Liked… (Part 1)
Today begins the first day of the last week of our vacation and we’ll spend it with Jacqueline’s family and also take a day trip to Venice before catching our flight home Thursday. So I thought I’d write a post each day this week reflecting on some of the things we’ve enjoyed. I’ll also share… Read More »
Liam
Last night Liam went to sleep holding my hand. Since I was the last one to tell him goodnight, I decided to lay on the bed with him for a little while. Within five minutes he was sound asleep. During those same five minutes I recalled dozens of memories from his first two years when… Read More »
Staying Connected
Technology is a blessing, even with the added work and distractions it creates. The advantages simply outweigh the downside. For instance our daughter and her family live in Italy. Twenty years ago our communication with them would have been limited to letters and expensive phone calls. Now we Skype with them several times a week,… Read More »