It was my first job off the farm during the summer of my sophomore year of college. I was a “helper” on a Coca-Cola delivery truck in Shreveport, LA. I was assigned special duty to work at a busy grocery store that was running a big sale on Coca-Cola. It was at this store I …
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There is nothing more basic to a rice farmer than his shovel. It goes where he goes. If it’s not over his shoulder as he walks across the field, it’s in his pickup. He uses it to open the levies to flood the field, to repair broken levies, to drain the field, and to kill …
I believe we are in God School until we take our last breath. I remember this particular God Lab Lesson. I will call it, “Do You See Value?” It was a mid-morning Friday in 2000 at Civitan Services, where we provided habilitation & therapeutic service for men, women and children with developmental disabilities. I was …
For a farmer it always begins here…the field and his shovel. For the farmer there will be no clock to punch in & out to get paid…no vacation break or boss to complain about. The farmer must relentlessly put first-things-first by not allowing any distractions. For the farmer knows if he misses the narrow window …
One of the things a person learns from the farm is that the ground does not care what it grows. Even though the farmer intends to grow soybeans, grass, weeds, and those pesky cocklebur seeds find a way to the ground. In the summer that became my job…Cocklebur Killer! We walked the bean rows before …
Growing up on Andy’s Farm in the late 1950’s and early 60’s was very different than farming today. The primary weed & grass control method of that time was cultivation. This method was to drive a tractor pulling a cultivator between the rows digging up the grass & weeds. Cultivating soybeans is like threading a …
How could this happen? The tree had all the signs of life & strength. The birds & squirrels loved and trusted it, yet when the storms came, it broke in the middle. It appears that dirt, water, and seed set up in the fork of the tree. Over time the seeds sprouted, and the tiny …
It was Sunday night, and we were unpacking from a hard drive after a vacation in Arizona when Mary said, “Robert, there’s a State Trooper at the door with a warrant for your arrest.” I replied, “It’s a mistake…I haven’t done anything wrong.” Well, I had. I made a series of bad choices. I had …
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I first met Danny while working for an organization that advocates for people with developmental disabilities. It was my first job out of college, and with a degree in business, I had no idea what I was doing. I recognize this as a “God School” turning point. It would begin a 30-year journey that would …
In Genesis 2:18, “The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” God did a fine work in both of them. They lovingly made each other strong…they filled each other’s blank places. Just like God intended. Farrar & Andy were married 65 …
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