I will always remember “Mail Call” during my Air Force training days. In Basic Training the Drill Instructors would assemble everyone into a group. He would take each envelope, slowly read it, and call out the person’s name. Sometimes he would take extra pleasure in telling everyone who the mail was from or smell the …
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God School: You Got To “Beat ’em” To “Clean ’em”
Friday was one of my favorite days in grade school. Usually, around 3 o’clock our teacher would announce who had eraser duty. Oh, what a privilege to be picked. A classmate & I would take the box of erasers outside to bang the erasers on the screen device removing the chalk from the erasers. I …
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What Could It Be?
A gift comes with many questions. “What is it?” “Is it something I want?” “Did I give the person a gift of equal or greater value?", “What if I don’t want the gift?” and on and on. But gifts, those special gifts that touch your heart…the gift that will last a lifetime are directly connected …
Today’s God School Christmas Key Word Is, “Ponder”
Google tells us, “To ponder means to think about something very carefully and deeply, often for a significant amount of time, weighing it in your mind as if it had weight, like considering options for a decision or reflecting on life's big questions. It's a more intense form of thinking than just "thinking about it," …
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Why Do We Make It So Hard?
It was the annual Christmas party for the Civitan Center and Civitan Apartments. After a great meal, a local country & gospel group started singing Christmas Carols. They had only played a few songs when Abby (fictious name) walked up to the band and reached for one of the mics. She had not heard her …
Christmas…The Gift?
I remember as a boy watching my parents, aunts & uncles stress all summer over, “What do we get mother (my grandma)?” I remember one Christmas at her house. Her tree was simple. I remember the Christmas candy in the crystal candy dish… same ribbon candy, each piece stuck in the same place, year after …
Lesson From The Farm: The Power of The Root
When you stop & think about it, the transformation of a seed into a living plant is supernatural. The seed in the sack will never be a plant until it is planted in the soil, receives water, heat from the sun and oxygen. The seed will lay in the ground for several days until…BAM, it …
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Law Of The Farm: He Plowed The Beans Up…
A few days after the field of soybeans was planted it rained. It rained so much it flooded the field. Thankfully, we had several days of warm sunshine and wind to dry out the field. I remember the afternoon I walked with dad over the field. It had spotty green patches because only about half …
“I Can’t Carry All Of That!”
I was a young college boy the day I learned about perspective. I had run out of gas and walked about a mile to the gas station. When I asked the station manager if I could borrow a gas can, he replied, “All I have is a 5 gallon can." I immediately thought about caring …
Lesson From The Farm: “What Do You See?”
I asked a dear farmer friend, "What are your thoughts when you plant?" He quickly replied, "I see the harvest!" Think about that. My friend is a seasoned farmer. He has “put-in” a lot of crops. He knows the hard work that lays ahead. He has experienced the enormous risks of poor crop prices, insects, …
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