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The following are questions for which there is no answer: Why is it that in times of stress it seems people who could take a load off your shoulders seem … Continue reading Questions to which there are no answers

When a woman goes shopping for a dress or a man is looking for that perfect fit in a jacket does he or she buy it sight unseen or without … Continue reading Is it faith if it hasn’t been tested?

Tomorrow is Easter and a time to think about why Jesus made Himself the sacrificial lamb for us all. Not only did He bring us salvation and healing for our … Continue reading The Reason for the Season 2017

In the Bible there are forty-six references to the action of a kiss. When I think of a kiss I remember the very first one I ever had, did it rock my … Continue reading A Kiss is just a Kiss, or is it?

We were in the hospital with my dad for four days before he died and every time he opened his mouth to speak everyone that was in the room would … Continue reading Last Words

At our Good Friday service we will receive Communion, I thought about the last time I stood with the Communion cup in my hand. As I stood there I contemplated … Continue reading Will you receive Communion?

Easter, Resurrection Sunday is almost here, and as my memories of Easter Sundays in the past bubble up one by one I first see myself as a four-year old with … Continue reading Easter week 2017

One of my earliest remembrances of my granddaddy Paulk was the way he prayed over us all as we gathered and knelt before we all left for our own homes … Continue reading Listen to that still small voice!

Since Jesus told the disciples not to use “vain repetitions” I carefully think through what I am saying when I pray. Matthew 18: 18-20 “Take this most seriously: A yes on … Continue reading Don’t repeat yourself!

I did a little reading today from the book of Ruth. It is such a precious book that in the flesh shows us how a woman that married a man … Continue reading Keep on Keeping on

Did you try to “find yourself” when you were young, or was that only my generation? People wanted freedom to “just be me”. For some it meant growing hair and … Continue reading Just being me!

Life isn’t fair is it? For one thing, youth is wasted on the young! I remember looking at my mother when she had her fiftieth birthday and feeling so sorry … Continue reading Oh my aching back!