I’m on my way to Mexico today. It’s the first trip of many, Lord willing. When I was a child, way back in the 1900s, 1996 specifically, my parents took me and my brother on our first mission trip to Mexico. We loved it. We kept wanting to go back. I’ve never been to aContinue reading “The Gift of Selflessness”
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The Long-Winded
This post will be a short one. Did you ever hear a preacher say he was almost finished? And this was after he had already preached for an hour? Twenty minutes later, you get a hankering to stage a protest. He just keeps going. You know you’re momma is cooking pot roast, and you hateContinue reading “The Long-Winded”
The Mountain
Recently, we were sitting at the round dining table that my brother-in-law made for us. We had just finished eating supper. Son #1 had already finished and was off exploring the world. We heard the sound of chaos coming from the other room, a sound which was soon followed by Ferdinand Magellan hopping into theContinue reading “The Mountain”
The News
Are you aware of the fact that there was a time in the not-so-far-away history of the world when most people in America had no idea what was going on on the other side of the world at a moment’s notice and were largely unaffected by their happenings? Well, it’s true. And I say mostContinue reading “The News”
The Christmas Details
Son # 1 and I were recently discussing the details of putting up Christmas lights around our house this year. I remember my Grandpa Driscoll would put up lights all around his house when I was a child. He would put lights all around the house, and then he expanded it to the front porch.Continue reading “The Christmas Details”
