I visit twice a week with a frail, elderly, declining widow who still lives in her own place alone. From what I observe, her days are all becoming a bland repeat of one another. Same routine, same entertainment, same preferred food, same conversations, same tiny...
After a couple of months of more fatigue than I’ve ever experienced, I had a physical this past week at the urging of Bill and a friend. Bloodwork was all excellent! (Thank you, Lord!) I’ve been put through several cardiovascular tests. So far no alarms...
10/18/18 Post Hurricane Michael Recovery Status: whelmed, but not overly so. Thanks for prayers We are safe , secure and waterproofed now at the Byrd house. Adjuster scheduled for Nov 2. Titus 2 residence is windblown and tattered but standing. Some water damage to...
The day after the Hurricane Michael that hit 10/10/18 Bill said,”well, we can cross surviving a CAT 5 hurricane off our bucket list.” Me: “What bucket list? I didn’t know we had a list.” Reports have said Michel’s winds were 2mph below CAT 5 rating. I’ve discovered...
Sweet memories……. (written 10/18/2020) ”On the night that I first saw Bill Byrd, I was picked up at my dorm by one of his fraternity brothers and was escorted to a social event on Auburn’s campus for those of us who were candidates for sweetheart of...
God created man first, but God chose to incarnate himself within a woman first…… ……and placed Himself into a family, where God, laying aside His God-only omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, experienced human love, protection, nurture, and...
I visited this morning with a horrifically abused and neglected child-woman. We delighted in abundant morning glory vines, feathered heads of golden rod, and the warmth of sunshine mixed with a gentle breeze….. I marveled at her resilience, her gentleness, her...
Today Pastor Terry Tatum preached at Lynn Haven UMC on conversion and repentance. At one point he referred to himself as one who had come to see his ego “self” as one inch big in comparison to a prior opinion of himself as a super-hero! It reminded me of a day when I...
Progressive humanists/educators once opined that children were “Tabula Rosa”, NOT bigoted, but loving and accepting of one another and that prejudiced behavior is learned through the corrupting influence of culture. Consider this: Now, with “new and improved theology”...
I and others have observed that religion is about belonging and behaving….. about affiliation with others and embracing the values and practices of the group. Life in Christ, Christianity, is about believing Christ is God and becoming Christlike through receiving the...
