Category Archives: Spiritual

Alone With My Thoughts


It’s a chilly, but unseasonable night. Raining outside and will be for the next day. I’m home alone with my girls, Sarah, Fiesta and Paige. Libby is with her family in Virginia. I would like to have gone with her, … Continue reading →

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Change of Season


Ah! what a beautiful fall day!  I love the fall more than the other seasons.  Can’t pinpoint a specific reason why, but I could try. Spring has its hopes of new growth under the warmth of the early rising sun. … Continue reading →

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Paradigm Shift


Next week I will be sixty eight years old.  Life has truly been gracious to me even with the struggles that have been salted into it. Lately, I have sensed a change of direction coming.  Doors are slowly closing.  My … Continue reading →

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Broken


I Cor 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. Jesus spoke the words for his disciples and all … Continue reading →

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Peace


After the storm I sit With great peace and calm, Knowing all is well. In my heart there is a song One of thanksgiving In what I’ve known, all along. God’s hand is still there My heart is at peace … Continue reading →

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An Open Hand


Ahhhh!  I find myself sitting in my living room on the couch for the first time in almost a week with a clear mind.  So much has happened in this past week. A week ago an impending hurricane had everyone … Continue reading →

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Apprehension


Life is always subject to out-of-the-blue sudden or even forecasted impending trials. This summer has been awfully quiet till now and suddenly we’re looking at a storm that can and likely will alter the lives of many people. I know … Continue reading →

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Retired?


Oh how I looked forward to retirement.  That was a year and a half ago.  What’s happened since? Retirement got my home projects completed with the allotted amount of money I had left.  Now that sits dormant till I catch … Continue reading →

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My Story


My wife, Libby, and I went to a concert last Thursday evening.  This song has stuck in my heart.  The song Blessed Assurance chorus is tucked neatly away with it. I hope what I share here can be understood.  I … Continue reading →

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Just a Thought


I’ve been out in the garage more today than usual.  I’d committed myself to helping mow the church lawn on Friday’s, but I also do volunteer work for Emerge Ministries by repairing donated bikes for the homeless or poor for … Continue reading →

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