The Gideon’s annual Pastor’s Appreciation was Saturday night and Linda and I made our pilgrimage!
We always enjoy the banquet; the food, seeing our pastoral friends, and hearing the testimonies of the work of the Gideons.
Listening to the testimonies always encourages me. Continue reading →

Life is full of surprises!
An anniversary or birthday party, a raise in salary, a bouquet of flowers, a marriage proposal, or the sudden death of a loved one.
Last night’s American Idol was a surprise. Continue reading →

The pear tree was full of blooms this year and I’ve noticed the small pears on the limbs.
There are a lot of them; it will be a banner year for my pears.
That also means I’ll have to do like last year.
I noticed last spring that the pear population was greater than the limb population meaning more pears than room to hold them. Continue reading →

I like to watch NCIS, it’s been one of my fav’s for a couple of years now.
So last night was a new episode and it had my gaze fixated on the TV for the whole hour.
Then it had a twist that I wasn’t expecting; I looked at the clock and it was 2 minutes before the hour.
I told Linda, “This one is continued next week!” Continue reading →

FBD – Facebook Depression!
Will this be the latest diagnosis by doctors?
An article just released and not supported by all physicians indicates that – especially for teens.
It seems that the Facebook world for the younger is quite different than for someone like me. Continue reading →

I was recently asked the question if Ichabod always precedes famine and calamity.
Let’s first learn the origin of Ichabod.
Then she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 1 Sam 4:21 Continue reading →

It is a really tragic and sad story but it contains language that I find confusing.
From an Australian news source; A Sydney woman who died after sliding more than 40 metres from a slippery ice face in New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park had planned to celebrate her 39th birthday with her husband when she emerged from the bush. Continue reading →

Last Saturday Linda and I were cleaning up around the house when we came upon a book called Impeachment of the Bible.
I remember finding that book almost 30 years ago when I was looking for something at my grandparent’s house.
It was published in the 1923 and the title says it all. Continue reading →

Now many people, a very great assembly, gathered at Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month. They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away all the incense altars and cast them into the Brook Kidron. Continue reading →

Do you ever feel like you’re being punished by God for something you’ve done?
I’ll admit I think that at times.
Last night I was, as I call it, deathly sick and 2 thoughts run through my mind; what did I eat or what did I do? Continue reading →