Hurricane Shelter 1: 9/9/2017

Well, it is beginning to get real. Nancy and I along with 3798 of our very close friends are moving to the next phase. At 5, they will lock in the pets (unsure if we are locked in but think so). Everything before now has been getting to know each other and rehearsal. It is [...]

Let’s Not Pretend

Yesterday (Sunday, June 12, 2016), I was about to do the pre-service announcments for our second service when someone referenced the event in Orlando the night before. I do not take time to look at news or social media on Sunday mornings and thought that she was talking about the murder of the young singer. [...]

Preaching to the Choir

When I started this blog, I signed up for the blogging university related to the host site. It was my hat tip to learning about this process and holding myself accountable to continue my own development. So, the assignments started coming. Write an "About Me" page. Do this, do that. Suddenly my time seemed so [...]

Oh Happy Day

I grew up with televangelists as babysitters. Well, ok, they didn't come to our house and take care of me. My mother's desire was that I go play somewhere or watch television. I spent a lot of time doing the latter. It kept me occupied. On Saturday nights we would watch the country music shows [...]