Growing up in Hamburg, Arkansas, I learned to swim in the Crossett City Pool. Our parents took turns shuttling a carload to Crossett during the summers. As we plied in the car, sometimes 7 or 8 of us, our bathing suits were rolled up in our towels with the ends inserted so it would not …
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God School: Lesson From A Woodpecker
We call our lake place Shalom (Peace). In 2017 we had a 45’ x 30’ heavy steel carport built for our 5th wheel RV. Several years ago, it started. From around 7am to 9 or 10am there will be a ratty-tat-tat sound, much like a high-pitched jackhammer outside on the metal roof. You guessed it, …
God School: Now What?
Sunday was High School Graduation Day for our grandson, Troy. When the mortarboards flew into the air, life changed forever. This life-changing event will be repeated all over the country in the next few weeks. All will celebrate the present that is nestled between treasured memories and the uncertainties of the future. It’s a once …
God School: God Is The God Of Small Things
What do you expect of God? A BSF buddy wrote this week about spending time with his buddies on a camp out. The question of “What do you expect of God?’ resonated long after the campfire went out. But what do you expect from God? Chances are we don’t think too much about it until …
God School: What Do You See?
In 2024 I had cataract surgery. Before surgery I thought I could see pretty well. The doctor asked me if I needed more light to drive and read? “Yes,” I replied, “because they don’t make the lights bright anymore.” In my mind I was doing simply fine, but I did the surgery anyway. It was …
God School: What Are You Going For?
This is an age-old question? Why do you go to church? In our Bible Study Fellowship study, Exile & Return, the Book of Malachi raised this question. The Israelites (Jews) had rebuilt the Temple and had experienced a Spiritual awakening. But as time went on & on and things didn’t happen as they thought they …
God School: A Broken Chooser
These were the colors of the speedometer in my folks Oldsmobile Super 88. Oh my, it was a tank. I was an 18-year-old driver, in full control and bullet proof. At 0 to 35 mph the speedometer had a green bar. It changed to yellow at 35 mph, then orange at 50 to 65 mph …
God School: Learn How To Have Beautiful Flowers
Would you like to learn how to have beautiful flowers in your yard? Maybe you have said, “I don’t have a green thumb like Mary.” You may even say, “I don’t have time to plant & water.” But what if Mary could show you another way you could have pretty flowers in your yard with …
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God School: Time For Coffee
This morning my dear friend John, who advises me on my Law of the Farm posts, said something that caused every man at the table to pause and reflect. Each Wednesday morning a small group of men share breakfast & life at B J’s Café in NLR. His question was, “How do you show your …
God School: Just Sitting In Class, Sucking Air
Do you ever look back and mentally kick yourself? It was 60 years ago, my Spring semester at Arkansas A & M (now UAM) when I was sitting in Dr. Culpepper’s Botany class. I had chosen Ag-Business as my major. Little did I know how the events & choices over the next 60 years would …
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