Some years ago while vacationing on the West Coast of Scotland, I picked up a book entitled,The Killing Of The Red Fox: An Investigation into […]
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What can we learn from history?
Thoughts on a line of chalk….
Thoughts on a line of chalk…. Most know Robert Louis Stevenson as a famous author, Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and […]
Continue readingMornings with Matthew….
Most mornings I get a cup of coffee and read from the Bible with my friend Matthew Henry. How, you might ask, can one be […]
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The White Ship sailed from France on 25 November 1120. The ship was bringing hundreds of titled, wealthy nobles back to England.The future King was […]
Continue readingParking lot prayers…
A friend recently shared a personal need with me. His concern was on my mind as I sat in a big-city, box-store parking lot waiting […]
Continue readingDeep in the woods…a war story
The Battle of the Bulge, for five weeks in the winter of 1944-1945, was a surprise for some, at least initially. It was brutal. It […]
Continue readingIt was a different time…
It was a different time… Things were normal then.Our enemies were outside our borders and oceans away. Today, in an era when rich, elite, and […]
Continue readingThe Watchman
In my regular Bible reading, I found myself reading from the Book of Ezekiel (620 BC-570 BC). It can be downright depressing. Ezekiel speaks of […]
Continue readingWas Babel a news item?
“Mark Zuckerberg Says AI Competitors Think They Are ‘Creating God” This headline from recent news caught my eye. I said to myself, “I think we’ve […]
Continue readingHooker Methodist/Wesleyan Church Ground Hog Supper
Like many other things from the early days, the Methodist Men’s Ground Hog Supper, long a special event in the community of Hooker and the […]
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