Archive for June, 2005



I’m Free

Published on June 30, 2005

Don’t you love the Fourth of July week-end? Our towns are covered with the smells of hamburgers, hotdogs, and bbq on the grill. Fireworks will fill evening skies as we sit in lawn chairs trying to find room for homemade icecream. An extra can of bug dope would be nice. Many [...]


So this is your life

Published on June 28, 2005

I had a funeral today. There were no pallbearers, just me, the funeral director and two groundskeepers. Other than that, about twelve people showed up. Not much to speak of for someone who had lived sixty two years. His legacy was a love for trout fishing, (that part was O.K.) singing [...]


Back in the Promised Land

Published on June 26, 2005

Sorry I’ve been gone so long. We got back from our mission trip on Friday. It was a blast. The mountains were gorgeous as usual, the people were friendly as expected and the results were encouraging. Lots of little kids came to the “Open Air” VBS. Our mission team did [...]


Rocky Top

Published on June 20, 2005

Good morning!
I just finished my walk, all up hill both ways here in Tennessee. It was 8:00 a.m. and hot and muggy already. Breakfast was bisquits and gravy. Yum, yum! We start VBS tonight. What a great week it promises to be. We heard a southern gospel group [...]


But Speak the Truth in Love

Published on June 15, 2005

I’ll admit it. I struggle to keep my weight down. In fact, it stays up more than down even with running two days a week, riding my bike twice a week and walking two times per week also. What with all the medications, vitamins and fiber stuff, one would think me to [...]