God Keeps us Humble, and Blesses Us, in Just the Right Proportion
I’ve had great fun with my book being published, and God has blessed me in the process – but he’s also kept me humble. As you get closer to finally having a real book out there, thoughts of it becoming...
View ArticleWhat’s the Best Thing About Being a (Christian) Writer?
I joined Goodreads the other day and went through the profile process and set up an author page. Found some friends from Facebook and some friends who weren’t from Facebook. So far, it seems to be a...
View ArticleAutumn Can’t Be Remembered – How About God’s Love?
I’m reading “Travels With Charley” by John Steinbeck, which tells the story of a trip around the USA they took in the 1960’s (Charley was his poodle). Steinbeck’s first stop was in Maine, so early in...
View ArticlePolishing Up Our Graces, for God’s Glory
My first real job was as projectionist at the Georgia Theater in downtown Statesboro, Georgia. It was an interesting and fun job, most of the time – but, since it was back in the time of one screen...
View ArticleA Busted Mailbox, and Just Getting By Spiritually
It was the middle of the night when someone swerved off the dirt road in front of our house and flattened our mailbox. It would have been better if the box and post were demolished, but they happened...
View ArticleYou Are the Light of the World
There’s a song our choir sings titled Be Ye Glad (Michael Blanchard) that has the line “So, be like lights on the rim of the water, giving hope in the storm of the night”. I’m not sure exactly what Mr....
View ArticleDo We Have a Birthmark – From Our Second Birth?
The “birthmark” on this power pole provides several bits of information. “SOCO” is the company it was “made” for (changed from a tree into a pole for.) ACE is the pole making company. “515” is May,...
View ArticleThe Door of Temptation?
When I walk through this door each Friday, my rebellious streak confronts me. This door is at the local Post Office and I go there to check our church’s mail. The problem is there is a rule, but there...
View ArticleA Change of Perspective May be Needed
The facilitator of the corporate liability workshop mentioned the famous case when the woman sued McDonald’s because she was burned when she spilled a cup of coffee in her lap. Of course, there was...
View ArticleI Don’t Know What It Is
I downloaded the photos from my camera and remembered all except this one. I had no clue. If I was taking pictures with film and the developed photo looked like this, I would think there had been trash...
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