Monthly Archives: June 2014

The Great Flood

In May of 1949, an event took place that no one alive in Fort Worth would ever forget. I was about to finish kindergarten, having turned six a few months earlier. My brother Bill was just three months old, and … Continue reading

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Surprising Prayer

So far as I know, my mother has been a Christian all my life. She has told me when I hovered near death from encephalitis at age two, she went over to a corner to pray while the doctor examined … Continue reading

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An August Afternoon of Tragedy

On the first Friday in August, a small group of single adults from my church gathered in a home in Arlington, Texas. It was a social get-together and discussion about forming an official single-adult group at the church. It’s been … Continue reading

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Fathers

Since Sunday was Father’s Day, our Sunday School lesson was about fathers and fatherhood. Our teacher posed two questions to the class: Ø What do you appreciate the most about your father? Ø What would you have liked most to change … Continue reading

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Baby Jessica

This post is another in a series of topics suggested by a special section of our local newspaper which I thought my readers would find interesting. All were things or events from the past that I remember being impressed by. … Continue reading

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Sorry About This

It always seems like I’m failing my readers when I don’t have a new blog to post, but we’ve spent the last couple of days moving my 98 year-old mother from one assisted living facility to another. Between the physical … Continue reading

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The B-36 Peacemaker

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram recently ran a special section with pictures from the city’s past. Perusing these photos brought up a lot of nostalgia for me, so I decided to write blogs about several of the things or events captured … Continue reading

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When God Calls

When a Christian responds to a calling from God, he or she is not doing so to impress anyone else or because it sounded like fun. He is submitting himself to God to be used for God’s purposes regardless of … Continue reading

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