As we were up getting ready for church this morning, Dana's dad called and told us Grandma's condition had declined to the point hospice said her death would come within the next 72 hours.
Elevation was great again this morning. We stayed for the newcomer's lunch after worship and found out a good bit about the [...]
After getting home late last night from the Third Day concert in Columbia, SC, Dana and I had to get up fairly early for a 3-hour drive to the mountains. This past Wednesday, my grandfather died from cancer. Mom gave me the opportunity to speak at his memorial service and I jumped at it. I [...]
Another JAARS Classifieds Classic.
At one point in our NASCAR fan career, we actually cheered at a race for Jimmie Johnson (driver of the Lowe's Home Improvement sponsored #48 car) when he won. Oh, how the tides have turned. The fallout between us began at the beginning of this season when Jimmie's Crew Chief, Chad Knaus, was suspended for four [...]
I'm going to start posting all the good headlines that come through on the JAARS E-mail Classifieds List.
JAARS has a classifieds e-mail distribution list that has quite a few ads and announcements come through each day. Well, on Monday, I got one of the most entertaining ones yet…
—–Original Message—–From: ClassifiedsSent: Monday, November 13, 2006 8:04 AMTo: ClassifiedsSubject: [JCL] Missing Unicycle
Have you seen my unicycle? It has gone missing. Color is chrome, with [...]
I discovered recently that I'm in legal trouble. After God helped me see it, part of me wished it was a simple kind of legal problem like a traffic ticket or something like that. Unfortunately, I have a worse problem… legalISM. I have always felt for those in the bondage of legalism, thus contributing to the shock [...]
I just got in from taking the dogs for their nightly poo-trip at the end of the rv park. Up above my head was something I really hadn't taken the chance to gaze at in a very long time. Growing up in the country in the mountains of NC gave me ample opportunities to stare [...]
I remember when we were in the Intercultural Communications Course, we covered worldview to a certain extent. One thing I remember discussing is the view of Americans when it comes to certain things happening. Spiritual attacks, blessings, miracles… we explain all of them away usually in either a scientific way or credit it to coincidence. [...]
