Archive | September, 2009

25 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

When We Get Old

Dad is 81 years young.  My brother, his family, and I had lunch with my mom and dad on Dad’s birthday in July.  We met at a restaurant.  When I sat down at the table, my brother and Dad were talking about purchasing lumber for a new construction project.  My mom immediately chastised my dad about [...]

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22 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Sweet Caroline

Last Friday night, I leaned on the fence at a rural West Texas high school football field and listed to the Seagraves High School Band play Sweet Caroline.  Memories came flooding back of high school band practices and Clifford Offill (pronounced like awful, not Ofield).  If you grew up in Stinnett (in the rural Panhandle [...]

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20 September 2009 ~ 2 Comments

A Culture of Discontent

One of the topics I have been asked to speak about is contentment.  I find it ironic that I have been asked to speak on contentment because I have spent a great deal of my adult life pushing forward, reaching for the next goal, the next achievement, the next ring just ahead of me.  I [...]

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14 September 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Seeing Jonah in the Mirror

God is bringing unexpected opportunities into my life.  I’ve been asked to speak at several different women’s events.  I’ve been a public speaker for a number of years, but I have generally spoken about counseling, adolescent issues, or parenting issues.  Now God is moving me into a different arena (for a time at least).  He [...]

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