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New Look…

How do you like the header photo?  I am really looking for a high-resolution photo of an old-but-intact grain bin / silo.  These headers use a 940 x 148 pixel photo.  Any photographers out there…?  (Appropriately enough, this photo was … Continue reading

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Read a Good Magazine (an unashamed endorsement…)

New magazines usually lie next to my chair for several days before I get them opened. This morning I read several things from the February issue of Gospel Advocate.  Worth noting: an excellent editorial by Neil Anderson, “A Cut-Flower Generation;” … Continue reading

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Travels – and more new stuff in The Bin

No, there have not beeen any posts lately.  We spent most of last week in Texas with family, so I was too busy visiting and playing with the grandson to do any writing. This morning, I put more sermon recordings in … Continue reading

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Free Speech and Hate

I quickly typed up the following lines yesterday after reading a report about how the Supreme Court overturned the Lower Courts’ decisions that had favored the Snyder family: The Supreme Court’s decision yesterday gives me pause for a couple of reasons. 1) More … Continue reading

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No Punishment?

Mars Hill Bible Church “pastor” and author, Rob Bell,  has a new book coming out later this month.  I see that, even in pre-pub, it has already ignited a fire-storm.  The book is Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, … Continue reading

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New stuff in the Bin

I have added some pages to the blog (look under the banner photo above).  I wrote a little about myself and the family and added some photos to the “About” page.  Click on the Sermons page and choose a series … Continue reading

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>Something about the light…

> Ezri spends a lot of time looking at lights.  If she is lying on her back, she looks up at the ceiling light, gets excited and kicks, sometimes even appears to talk animatedly to it.  If she is “reclining” … Continue reading

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>Slow Down and Listen

>I teach a regular Bible study each week at a nursing home here in Winfield.  I told the group (all older ladies) that this study is the high point of my week – and it really is.  Some of these … Continue reading

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>Writer's Block

>Nancy and I went to the “Writer’s Workshop” at the FHU Lectures.  It was an appropriate choice – after all, each of us has written articles and other things.  We listened to Aubrey Johnson talk about “why” and “how”, and Neil Anderson … Continue reading

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>Important People

>Nancy and I will attend a graveside service later today.  Bessie Hardin Chenault is an important person in our history.  She was an encourager to dozens of college students in Abilene, often inviting large groups into her home for lucious curry … Continue reading

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