I have many Bibles on the shelf in my office. How many Bibles do you have? Did you know that the first Bibles were handwritten by scribes and would sometimes take up to one year to produce? When Johannes Gutenberg combined the printing press with moveable type in 1450, he brought mass communication to reality. The world […]
Last week, Carolyn and I went out for dinner at Cracker Barrel. The wait for a table was long but we were finally seated. The food was good, and when we were ready to leave, the waitress came by to tell us that our meal had already been paid for. We asked “who” and she said […]
If you watch the news, or partake in social media, you may have noticed an increasing theme of violence throughout our country. This causes distress for many and may prompt the questions, “What has happened in our land? What causes such madness?”. This bleak view of humanity sounds like the state of affairs that Jesus […]
Several years ago, a friend told me about a great buffet in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He said if you go to Lancaster, you have to go to this buffet. When Carolyn and I went to Lancaster, we indeed looked up this buffet. It was out in the country, and I mean way out in the country. […]
When I attended Duke Divinity School, I was pastoring two churches. I often stayed up most of the night studying and then would have to rise early to get to my early morning class. I lived 55 miles from Duke. I remember more than one morning arriving at Duke and not remembering the roads that […]
When I graduated from college, I went to work for Kelly Springfield as a Chemist. I lived at Jernigan Warren Funeral Home and worked there at night and weekends and I taught Chemistry and Physics at a local college. I was busy all the time but I wasn’t happy. One night I went into the Funeral Home […]
I have a friend and colleague who is a professional photographer. Her name is Tricia Louque, and she takes some of the most gorgeous pictures. Many of them are of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Her pictures are beautiful and they make you feel like you are there looking at the mountains. The prophet Isaiah in […]
Scaling is a term used in the fitness world that allows everyone to participate. If you cannot do ten push-ups, do one or two until you build up your strength. If you can only walk one lap, walk that lap and do not compare yourself with anyone else. Keep doing what you can do and […]
I worked at a funeral home while going to undergraduate school. My first assignment was to go pick up a father and son who had drowned at the beach. The wife wanted to ride with me. I learned a lesson that day. I struggled all the way to the beach as to what to say […]
Carolyn and I built a house at Lake Gaston that we enjoyed for thirty years. My father and I had many days of hard work and fun building this house right on the water. The outside of the house was T111 Siding but the trim was all cedar. Cedar was wonderful to work with and […]