I took a walk in the woods over an unkempt path. I carelessly crashed through a spider’s web. YIKES! I brushed...
My young friend is creating a new world in southern West Virginia. I’m not sure he would put it that...
A friend asked me to explain what Jesus meant by this: Unless you hate your father, mother, brothers, sisters, wife...
My old friend moved away. He didn’t want to but he had to, he said. He’d lost the ranch along...
My young friend is drowning. He can’t keep his head above water. Now he’s under. Now he’s up. I would...
I don’t believe in thoughts and prayers. I don’t believe in tarot, Ouija or I Ching. I don’t believe in...
I read the news today, oh boy. A crazed man killed 22 in El Paso and another killed nine in...
I left the church two years ago. I thought I was just retiring but now I see I left it...
My 10-year old twin granddaughters, their mother, Kate, and I were standing with my wife, Paula, waiting for awards to...
So my 10-year-old granddaughter Angie is sitting beside me as we drive back to Shepherdstown from Boonsboro after returning her...
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WEEP FOR OUR REPUBLIC
I miss Senator Byrd.
GIFTS FROM OUR FATHERS, PART 2
The responses to last Sunday’s post (Gifts from Our Fathers) were not as many as those to my Mother’s Day post (Mama Said). Forty-two for moms; 24 for dads, which was more than I expected actually. Here's a sampler.
GIFTS FROM OUR FATHERS
My father gave me a gift he didn’t mean to.
THE GIFT OF FAITH
I envy my evangelical friends. They face death with an unshakable confidence.