I don’t know if this happens to you, but sometimes I loose my might to fight, because I feel overwhelmed. I’m faced with too many things and everything seems to much for me to tackle. Let me explain. In the last few weeks we uncovered a termite invasion in our house, horrors! Our truck had […]
Florence Chadwick broke the world record in 1950 when she swam across the English Channel in 13 hours and 20 minutes. And while she is notably the first woman to swim the English Channel both ways in 1951. Still, she’s best known for her “not so successful” swim in 1952. Ms. Chadwick’s new goal was […]
Maybe you don’t need a definition, but I did. There’s a lot of talk about heroes. Somehow I missed the fact that there’s a show on TV now called “Heroes.” Then there’s all these super hero and comic book hero movies coming to the theater. I haven’t seen any of the TV shows or the […]
If you follow my blogs you know I love stories, especially Bible stories. This young man loves them as passionately as I do. He has his doctorate, so what he does; his books, his preaching and his life is beyond story telling. Just when I thought I had a mental icon of what a successful […]
Forgive me. I intended to get this posted yesterday. By the time I juggled everything that had to be done, it didn’t get up. The wind and rain awaken me at 3:30 this morning. My first though was, “Do we still have power?” Even before we went to bed (we don’t normally get a […]
Pentecost Pentecost is a special celebration to the Jewish people. It commemorates the supernatural giving of the law at Mt. Sinai complete by getting all dressed up and watching a spectacular fireworks display. Pretty spectacular stuff! It was one of three feast that every Jewish male was required to attend. Pentecost means fifty and comes […]
It was only logical that the family reunion take place at the old farm homestead. Everyone was there including sweet, little Aunt Burdie. After lunch she plodded down the hall to the back bedroom for a nap. As she turned to go into the room, she passed a full length mirror at the end […]
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who’s the fairest, the smartest, the richest…you get the picture. No, you don’t possess a magic mirror, but I’m gonna guess your mirror does talk to you and whether we realize it or not we all engage in self-talk. What do you hear when […]
I wonder what she sees when she looks in that mirror. I can almost hear her mom standing nearby questioning, “Who’s that? Who do you see? Is that Keira?” Perhaps she realizes that she’s looking at herself. You can tell by her smile that she likes what she sees. All babies seem to enjoy seeing […]
OK. It’s spring. The flowers are blooming…the birds are singing. It’s time to drag out the mowers, dust off the lawn chairs and try to fit into last year’s bathing suit. Sounds wonderful, except the bathing suit part, unless you’re exhausted and in need of rest; then Spring is reduced to yellow pollen on everything, noise […]
Don’t do it! You’ll pay dearly for it. Maybe it was part of the ritual of growing up in the deep south. I guess that’s as good a reason as any other that I might give. I knew better, but I still did it. I don’t know why it would even be tempting, that big […]
Because of the abundant blessings that rest on America, we don’t really understand what it means to be desperate. We go to the grocery store stocked with literally thousands of items. We go to the doctor when we get sick. We go to the faucet or the refrigerator when we get thirsty. Desperation is […]