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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Last weekend Sherri and I visited our son Benny, Kelli and their children. They just had their third child, a beautiful baby boy. Benny III is our fifth grandchild. Each of our grandchildren brings us such joy.
Sherri and I so enjoyed being with Elaina, Malia and Baby Benny. Meme (Sherri) ...
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
My sweetheart of 45 years is a wonderful interior decorator. She has given our children and me, and now our grandchildren, a beautifully decorated home all these years. However, last Saturday night I heard of a different style of interior decorating that moved me deeply.
Sherri and I had spent a ...
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
We all love surprises! Surprises come in many different forms. When we were children we loved a surprise trip to the park or other exciting places. I always loved the surprise when Dad would take Mom and me to Dairy Queen to get a cone with the curl on top. ...
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Last week was a strategic week for our Missions Awareness Team. We spent much of the week strategizing for the work the team will be doing in the next several months.
Most of the world around us will never notice the meetings even occurred, nor will most notice the outcome ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Until last Friday evening it had been 24 years. I had almost given up hope that it would ever happen, but unexpectedly I received a phone call one Saturday evening several weeks ago. That call began the process that brought about the reconnection.
I had not seen or heard from my ...
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
It is a paradox. How can anything brief last a lifetime? Yet, that is exactly what my friendship with Joe Masten was. I said “was” because Joe went to be with the Lord this past weekend.
I met Pastor Joe Masten in late September of last year while speaking during the ...
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Monday, June 7th, 2010
“Putting it off” is an easy thing to do. If not careful, procrastination can creep up on any of us. Or we simply “get busy” and don’t do something that should have been done. Well, I am here to tell you I am guilty. I cannot believe how long it ...
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010
A football team is more than 11 individuals playing a “pick up” game. Planning, training and practice, along with top players at any level can, and usually does, create a winning team.
Recently I saw a real team at work. I spent an afternoon with the Missions Awareness Team of the Gulf ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
A dear friend of mine recently went to be with the Lord. His name was Daniel James Franklin Mosier. The last time I talked to him his voice was still strong. He would often tell me how much he missed his wife Vera. Of course he had physical challenges, but ...
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
In the last several years we have seen an ever-growing number of Dollar Stores and in recent months, with the economy in a downturn, these stores have enjoyed continued growth in sales.
Even one of the late night show comedians has done a few sketches showing what his staff found in ...
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