Monday is Halloween, 2022. This annual day of celebration is actually a pre-cursor to All Saints Day on November 1st. In fact, one of the names used for the events of November 1st is actually Toussaint's Day, derived from the…
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Earlier this week, Janet and I did something that we haven't done since very early in our marriage. We fired up a charcoal grill and had an old fashioned barbecue together. We both grew up in homes where our Dads…
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The last several weeks, I have written about things of the past and my memories of childhood friends. In fact, there have been several other things that have happened that have me recalling the past this weekend. After Christmas last…
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Normally, I sleep very well. However, this time of year I am plagued by allergies and I have to take more meds to keep my head clear overnight. Still, my ears have been bothering me in the last week or…
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On Thursday mornings this fall, I am teaching the book of Romans to a group of ladies, the Soul Sisters, at a local Presbyterian church. And on Thursday evenings, I am teaching the book of Revelation to our home group…
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When I was a young boy, my mother taught me how to cook. We had a small kitchen but it was filled with the latest and greatest stuff because Mom was a serious cook. She had attended cooking for school…
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Janet and I have known each other since we were very young children. Our parents met back in the late 1950's and, to be sure, both families were rather conservative. I'm sure that is part of the reason that everyone…
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About ten days ago, I was involved in two different text discussions on my phone. In one thread, our church secretary informed me that the church has adopted a new way of tracking attendance and we would no longer have…
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