Summer is here - literally. It arrived at today 1:16 pm eastern time, which was 6:16 pm here in Scotland. I really did not realize that we were already this late in June, but that is one of the pitfalls…
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It's 10:55 pm, and we're out at sea. Although the sun technically set around 10:20, it still looks like dusk and I can make out the outlying northern Orkney Islands as I look out our stateroom balcony. The water is…
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Well, it's Sunday night - Father's Day, 2011. And we are heading up the east coast of Scotland to the Orkney Islands for a day ashore tomorrow. This trip has been full of all kinds of memories and reminders of…
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Well, we just returned to the ship from a day in Paris. We set out from Le Harve on the Normandy Coast this morning for the three hour drive to Paris; where we took a tour of the city, seeing…
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I am deeply sorry to let you know that although I fully intended to write tonight, it is very late and we had a good, but busy day getting to the ship. By the time everything was done, it became…
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Well, tonight Janet and I are in London. I realize that it is 5 hours earlier back in Indiana, but we are getting ready to call it a night, and I did not want to miss a chance to post…
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Well, today Janet and I head out for a visit to the British Isles - home of one of the greatest empires in the history of the world. We just landed in New York and then, about 5 hours from…
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I'll bet you thought I was going to write about one of the sons of Jacob - in fact, his favorite son - Benjamin. But you'd be wrong - because tonight I have been thinking about another Benjamin - Ben…
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For the past 6 weeks or so, I have been teaching Galatians in our Thursday evening Bible study. We finished the book tonight. And one of the things that I want to key on this evening is a simple biblical…
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I was having a conversation this morning with a client of mine and we were discussing how quickly things in life can change. This particular acquaintance is focusing on growing his business and improving his profitability. Everything else takes second…
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