12/28/2020 This will be a Christmas I will remember for the rest of my life. At about 4:30 on Christmas morning I received a call from the hospice nurse letting me know that my father had died. He had been declining for several days and it seemed fitting that he would get to go home…
Category: Experiences
Jet Lag
4/12/2020 I’ve been wanting to write something about our experience with jet lag, but my head has been so muddled that I haven’t been able to put my thoughts together. Our two weeks of self-quarantine after our flight home from China was over yesterday. We’re hoping that the effects of jet lag are gone as…
Variety
One of the adjustments that can be made when visiting another country is to change your diet to match what the locals eat. We haven’t made a big adjustment. For example, Grandma has toast and scrambled eggs for breakfast with a glass of milk. I have oatmeal and scrambled eggs with lots of water. This…
Mission and Marriage
The Corinthian church was a mess. At least, that’s the common view. They were a church full of issues, including an issue of church discipline that they needed to deal with. After studying through 1 Corinthians 7 I give them credit for one thing. They had the courage to ask challenging questions. If they applied…
Church Discipline
My first reaction is that the title of this blog is an oxymoron. As I’ve been reading through 1 Corinthians I see Paul attempting to implement discipline in the church through a letter. He is totally dependent on the members of the church to perform the actions he recommends. Unfortunately, this situation has gotten worse. …
Ant Invasion
Where did they come from? We still have no idea. All I know is that they kept me awake on the long drive down I5 to Santa Clarita. We first discovered the ants when we stopped for gas in Pleasanton on the way to the Homeschool Convention in Ontario. I didn’t notice anything when I…
Life Changing Events
January 10, 2016 We all have life changing experiences. The question is, do we recognize them? Our Bible lesson in Elk this AM was on Jesus’ baptism. It was a life changing event for Him, as it should be for all of us. We tend to recognize the life changing events for people in the…
