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Ever see the bumper sticker that says, “God is my co-pilot”? I used to see it a lot more than I do now. But, the reason I bring this up is because for the last several months I have really been in a quandary as to my role versus God’s in the way my choices [...]
Father of the bride
Wow! What a privilege to be able to give your daughter away in marriage to a special man who loves her with all his heart. Two Saturdays ago-the 21st of February-Meaghan Marie Miller became Meaghan Marie Lambert. She and John Lambert of Decatur, Alabama became husband and wife. John and Meaghan have dated each other [...]
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift. 2 Cor.9:15
This time of year is my favorite for many reasons. I have so many memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas with family and friends. Growing up as a child in the 60′s and travelling to West Virginia and Kentucky, sometimes in snow and ice on two-lane roads before the advent of interstates. Dim pictures in my [...]
Congratulations to President-elect Obama!
To those of you who know me, and my heart, you know I was not an Obama supporter. That being said, here is why I want to congratulate my next President. He ran the smartest campaign in my lifetime. I did not say I agreed with the way he ran the campaign- I said it [...]
Nine days later and a dollar shorter
I was originally going to write this post on the 5th or 6th after returning from Colorado and Wild at Heart Boot Camp. Obviously, that plan was abandoned. Not that I didn’t want to write, or that I didn’t have something to say, but because life got in the way. Maybe a better way [...]
Twelve steps of a relapse
Twelve Steps of a Relapse 1. I decided I could handle any emotional problems if other people would just quit trying to run my life. 2. I firmly believe that there is no greater power than myself and anyone who says differently is insane. 3. I made a decision to remove my will [...]
Harvey died last Friday
Harvey Hatten died last Friday at the ripe old age of 87. In his casket were two items that signified to those of us left behind that freedom always has a price. An American flag folded at his head and a baseball cap with the words, “The Greatest Generation-World War II” , by his hand, reminded us [...]
A band of brothers and sisters
Living in the world without someone by your side is dangerous, if not downright insane. Did you ever watch one of those National Geographic specials from Africa? Maybe the ones about the big cats, or one of the other predators like the hyena or wild dog. No matter how many of the hungry beasts there are, they [...]
Are you naked?
GOT YA! Didn’t I! What a question. What a thought. Scary thought, huh? Nakedness is not something most of us, myself included, think about very often. So what do I mean when I ask you, and myself, “Are you naked?” Let’s hear what one of my favorite authors, John Eldredge, has to say about it: [...]
What’s that smell?
One of my favorite movies is The Shawshank Redemption with Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. In the climax of the movie, Andy (played by Robbins) makes his bid for freedom. All the time and effort it took to get to this point culminates in a swim through a sewer. The detritus and discards of human waste is the [...]
