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Did Americans get fat and then lazy, or was it the other way around?  Doesn’t matter. . .but it is very sad to see people struggle to get around and then see them not do things they should because of their size.  Don’t misunderstand, I’m no specimen of physical condition, but I admire those whoContinue reading “shopping carts & bad habits”

Dugger, Indiana is a small town of about 1,000 people in middle America.  They are mostly white and apparently have a pretty strong Christian presence.  So strong, in fact, that they raised a 26-foot tall steel and cast iron cross anchored in 6 yards of concrete.  The cross says, “Jesus saves.”  The city put theContinue reading “What should we expect?”

While having lunch with a friend a few days ago, he asked me, “Have you ever heard of Occam’s Razor?”  I replied, “No, I use Gillette.” He started explaining to me the principle attributed to a 14th century logician named William of Ockham.  Being a “science puke” (thats what Col. Quartich called the scientists inContinue reading “Did you shave today?”

My house in North Mississippi is only about 2 miles from the Tennessee state line and the city of Memphis.  Memphis can be a beautiful place.  The culture is diverse.  When I first moved to the area to attend seminary, I found myself for the very first time in my life in places where IContinue reading “Readin’, writin’, & arithmetic; what went wrong?”

Working in South America as a missionary church planter requires money, time, and the ability to speak the language of the people, Spanish. Now, being from “South America,” that is, Mississippi, my English is not what you get from a standard textbook.  Our southern drawl sometimes gives four syllables to four letter words, none ofContinue reading “I’m too old for this. . .”

Almost a year ago I met a young man who smiles all the time and draws you into his world immediately after you meet him.  He speaks Spanish and very little English–and I can barely understand him [for now].  And yet, in his eyes and his infectious attitude, without a word, I see Jesus. HisContinue reading “The young man of God”

I first voted in the presidential election in 1972.  It just occurred to me that I voted for the eventual winner in every election since then, except for two presidents; Clinton & Obama. In both cases, the campaigns called for change, that’s not all that unusual because in some form all the contenders claim theyContinue reading “It seems to me. . .”

You’ve heard it said, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life,” or something like that.  Well, today is the first day of my blogging life.  How about that!  I wanted to do this for a long time but it was not until being in Florida last week and meeting some reallyContinue reading “Hello world!”