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Everyone my age has spent some time watching The Beverly Hillbillies. We all laughed at Jethro Bodine childishly stumbling through math. However, the actor, Max Baer Jr., had a very firm grip on math. He wrote and produced Macon County Line in 1974. He spent $100,000 to produce it and it grossed 25 million at…

God has one to preach and one to rock babies and another to get up in the night and give them milk, another to write about them, another to send money and another to work in the shop and earn money to send. Lillian Thrasher

Well, I have went back and forth on which version of the Bible that I use in my ministry. I am going back to the King James Version because it is the version that I know. I am not getting into any debates on subjects I know virtually nothing about — Greek grammar and textual…

I have the most visceral reaction to that music. I choke up and tears well in my eyes. I am sure it is because of the movie, “The Mission.” I think everyone in the ministry needs to watch that movie. It highlights the purpose of the Gospel and the easy out can be misused. We…

I have much to be thankful for today. Lindy is getting better every day. We were very surprised that they are not recommending surgery. God is so very good. She is incrementally getting stronger. She still cannot walk without her walker but she can at least get around. There are a few things we can…

I have been reminded of something I learned long ago but often forget — the little things are so important. Lindy has broke her kneecap. Working with her has reminded me how important those things were never consider can be. Little things like bending your leg. Little things like being able to put your weight…

This last week has been an adventure. My wife, Lindy, fell and broke her kneecap. She has been in our living room without being able to walk or even bend her leg since the accident. Poor thing has been in so much pain. We are so fortunate that I went on social security just weeks…

I had a very disappointing observation yesterday. Another church in my neighborhood closed and their building is now a real estate office. That makes five churches that have closed and none opening since 1980. Are we becoming a non-Christian nation? I am afraid so. I am praying the Lord gives me the direction and the…

I am really trying to get my skills up in the ministry after I have retired from secular employment. I am daily reading more than I have ever read. I am trying to write each day. I am watching YouTube videos on video production and English grammar. I am getting frustrated though when I do…

I have had two jobs that I really wanted that never came to fruition: jingle producer and developer at Oak Ridge National Lab. I came very close to both. I did have a mickey-mouse recording studio during the late 80s and produced a few local jingles. However, I lost money on it and had almost…