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EMOTIONALLY DROWNING IN THE STRIP PIT OF LIFE It was a horribly hot summer day. I was eight years old when I almost drowned in the cool water of the strip pit. My family and my uncle’s family went on a swimming adventure to a strip pit. A strip pit is a large hole inContinue reading “EMOTIONALLY DROWNING”

Politics! Now, that is a dirty word for some. For others, it is a religion. This is my bi-annual post on the political landscape of our time. It is just my observation. If you are conservative or liberal or moderate, please do not read this. If you are “woke” or “far-right” on social issues, pleaseContinue reading “A POLITICAL OPINION”

(Back by popular demand every baseball season…)   Take me out to the ball game,                                                                                 Continue reading “The Third Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest and the Mystery of the Missing Cheese Nachos”

Customer Service Headaches! I have documented my frustrations several times. This one has a different resolution. It was shocking! My exasperation with poor customer service usually involves the normal ruin-my-day suspects…phone companies and insurance agencies. Occasionally, a food provider messes up big time. This week, it was my bank. I do not need to elaborateContinue reading “OOPS! I WAS WRONG! (or is that Fake News?)”

Before I share some thoughts about loneliness, I want to comment on my middle brother who just recently retired from his successful career as a highly acclaimed football coach. I am extremely proud of him and the many awards. Bill was one of the innovators of the “no-huddle offense.” I was able to stand inContinue reading “ARE YOU LONESOME END TONIGHT? (tribute to Coach Bill Blankenship)”

REWIND WINSDAY WISDOM for your July 4th entertainment. SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO LOVE. You know exactly who that person is in your life. Maybe several names spring to mind. You might even be on vacation with them. OUCH! Or watching Fireworks with them, both real and emotional. The climatic finish intended to be spectacularContinue reading “FIREWORKS AT JERSEY MIKE’S”

REWIND WISDOM–THE BEAT OF A BIG HEART: Tribute to Curtis Davis & his Friends (part 2) It was the night an aerial egg bombardment replaced the thrown snowballs which ignited the first Boston Massacre. Two hundred years separated this altercation which threatened a similar fate. I was frightened that the young people under my supervisionContinue reading “BOSTON…MASSACRE OR MIRACLE?”

THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO CURTIS DAVIS WHO WENT TO BE WITH OUR JEHOVAH-JIREH GOD THIS WEEK. CURTIS HAD JUST CELEBRATED HIS 47th RE-BIRTH DAY OF FOLLOWING JESUS. THAT “WALK THE WALK” JOURNEY BEGAN IN A YOUTH HOSTEL IN NIAGARA, CANADA, ON A MISSION TRIP TO BOSTON AND WASHINGTON, D.C. THE GREEN CANTEEN FAITH INCIDENTContinue reading “THE GREEN CANTEEN”

WINSDAY WISDOM Pat Tilley wrote my name on a piece of paper that changed the entire course of my life, family, and ministry. In truth, it changed the lives of thousands of people for the better. God’s ways are as mysterious as the pathway of the wind and as the manner in which a humanContinue reading “STRANGE WAYS OF GOD”

WINSDAY WISDOM This is not intended as entertainment. This is preaching for the soul when life feels unfair. Have you ever wondered what if things were different in your life? Do you ever feel as if life is unfair? Sure, you have. It might have resulted from the loss of a loved one, a healthContinue reading “LIFE IS UNFAIR (Part 2)”