Time for Being Free

Time for Being Free

A friend sent this to me today. Her father had it in some of his old papers. I don’t remember why I gave it to him. I sure don’t know why he kept it. Don’t even know what it meant when I wrote it 50 years ago. What I do know is that your words… Continue Reading

IFTTT

IFTTT

Let’s start out with a confession. I am an Alexa addict. There it is. I said out loud what Doris has known all along. I am hooked on those little hockey pucks that sit all over the house and do what you tell them to do. “Alexa, turn on the hall light.” “Alexa, remind me… Continue Reading

Happy New Year, Fred Huff!

Happy New Year, Fred Huff!

Many, many, New Year’s ago I was a young, religion major at Trevecca Nazarene College (before it was a University.) I took a bunch of classes, some pretty good, some I didn’t care for much. But one of my favorite classes was taught by Fred Huff. Fred was on staff at Nashville First Church of… Continue Reading

January: Laying the Foundation

Caleb, Mimi, and PoppyC had a blast last night and today. Part of what we did is try to make the Monday Morning Minute video together. It was fun. We weren’t very good. 🙂 That’s okay. I’ll try it again in the morning. For now, let me share the basic thoughts. I don’t imagine that… Continue Reading

Day 40 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King:  The End?

Day 40 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: The End?

Read John 3:1-8 and Psalm 65, and Luke 2:1-5 (from King James Version of the Bible because this is a story that needs to be heard in the King James.) When we married, Doris lived, with her parents, in the same house she was born in. Her Uncle Roy and Aunt Gladys lived across the… Continue Reading

Day 39 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Christmas Pajamas

Day 39 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Christmas Pajamas

Reading today. Psalm 65 and Ephesians 4:17-32 Josh and Jennifer, Jon-Mical, and Jakson have a fun family tradition. Every year, a couple of days before Christmas, they put on new Christmas pajamas and go on a Christmas light scavenger hunt that somehow ends the same exact place each time, Dunkin Donuts. The event includes family… Continue Reading

Day 37 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Adoption

Day 37 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Adoption

Today read Psalm 65 and Galatians 3:23-4:7 My grandmother was a Duck. Not the quack, quack with feathers kind of duck, but the old family name Duck. At least that’s the story I was told. It all gets a little confusing when you try to trace our lineage. We go all the way back to… Continue Reading

Day 36 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Gifts

Day 36 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Gifts

Today read Psalm 65 and Isaiah 43:1-11 Well, here we are, the last week of our 40 Days and the week of Christmas. We will end on Friday, December 24, and wake up the next day to all of the joy, excitement, laughter, and fun of Christmas. Or…maybe we won’t. For some, there will be… Continue Reading

Day 33 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Personal

Day 33 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Personal

Today read Psalm 77 and Isaiah 9:1-7, Saturday read Psalm 77 and Philippians 4:4-9, Sunday read Psalm 77, Micah 5:1-4, Hebrews 10:5-10, Psalm 80:1-7, and Luke 1:39-55. It is amazing how fast our time together has gone. We will finish next Friday on Christmas Eve. We may talk about 40 Days to Begin the New… Continue Reading