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Life In South Carolina

Posted: August 15th 2008

I'm writing this note to you while on vacation. Pam and I are having a great time. Edisto Island is called Low Country because it is so low in elevation like zero feet above sea level in many places.

This low country is amazing. I love seeing the dolphins cruising by so early in the morning.

It is fantastic counting pelicans winging over our beach house. They are beautiful and graceful flying in a long string one behind the other. We counted 82 large birds peering down at us on the …

Cutest Thing In The World

Posted: August 6th 2008

Yes, I'm a grandparent! And I'm talking about our little 9 month old, Caleb.

I know every parent says mine is the cutest. But with us it is really true!

When we were baby sitting him recently we actually saw him:

1. Pull himself up to stand.

2. Wave hello to us.

3. Take naps by himself.

4. Imitate me when I hit the table with my hand.

This boy is Awesome!

So you must admit it. We win! He is the cutest!

But you and I know also that something begins to ch…

Cheez-its

Posted: August 1st 2008

And shaving cream. It was hilarious.... at Camp Cornerstone.

We had our annual all church event recently. What a blast! So many funny games.

Two young men volunteered to be the shaving cream faces. They bravely put on goggles and had their faces sprayed with shaving cream.

Next, team members threw cheez-its at their faces trying to land as many morsels as possible in their shaving cream.

It was so much fun. You cannot imagine!... Bright yellow cheez-its covering a fluffy snow white …

See The Beauty

Posted: July 24th 2008

Recently our family visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was awesome. We saw every kind of fish imaginable. We were overwhelmed by the grace and beauty of these fantastic undersea creatures.

I remember my first experience of snorkeling in Maui. I realized God created a totally hidden world of underwater life that most people never get to see.

There are under water mountains, caves, seaweed forests, and life forms.These unseen miracles are so exquisite and awesome in their elegance that th…

Weeds

Posted: July 9th 2008

The weeds I hate are the large broad leaf variety. They are maddening. They grow faster than the real grass. They push out the beautiful lawn we all like to admire.

Recently I started digging out the ugly killer weeds from my lawn.

The roots are tough fibrous hard bulbs with long tentacles stretching out looking for more underground territory to claim.

The more I dug, the more I realized that I was destroying what used to be so beautiful. It left large gapping holes deep into the bare g…

Lapel Mike

Posted: July 2nd 2008

It is that little gadget I use for public address when I preach.

Well, it disappeared. It costs about 500.00 to own a really good one and this was excellent.

No one could find it. It was not in the sound box or the equipment box. Someone said it might be in the children's box, but no!! People looked high and low and even sideways. We even checked with the custodian to see if it had been given to lost and found.

But after much prayer, puzzlement, and head scratching it was found.

I fo…

Our Air Conditioner

Posted: June 25th 2008

You guessed it. It broke down. Yes when we had our heat wave!

Now everybody knows from all the advertising in the mail. They cost 5, 6, 7000.00 dollars to replace.

Well our special cute little unit is over 30 years old, maybe even 40 years. I don't think that the repairman was even born yet.

So Pam and I decided to wait a little while before taking the financial dive into the pool of poverty, just so we could have it down to 85 degrees instead of the blistering 99+ predicted.

But it …

Rhoda

Posted: June 18th 2008

She was so excited she forgot to answer the door. He came to tell his friends what had happened.

But before they had finished praying God had already answered.

You know the Biblical account. Herod threw Peter in prison and was going to kill him.

The believers were afraid for Peter's safety and prayed diligently.

God heard the prayers and sent angels who released Peter's chains and opened the doors of the iron prison and set him free.

Peter came knocking on the door of those who we…

Crippled Beggar

Posted: June 11th 2008

The beggar wanted money. Just a quick fix! Give me a few coins so I can eat today. I can't work but I can beg. I don't plan ahead. I only think one day at a time. All I want is money.

Peter had no money but he did have Faith and Love to share with the down and out man. Peter offered much more than simply money. He gave him a brand new life through healing.

"I don't have any silver or gold but I'll give you what I have".

You can be like Peter to many people around you. Give what you hav…

Delicious Fruit

Posted: May 29th 2008

"I Am the vine; you are the branches" John 15:1-15 NLT

Real disciples stay connected to the vine. The word "remain" is found 7 times in this passage.

To remain means "remain connected" to Jesus at all times. When we stay connected here is one powerful result.

We "branches" get pruned back for greater harvest. So is God now pruning you?

Out of your painful experiences comes a very wonderful and significant basket full of fruit.

Don't despise the cutting and trimming. It may be very…