Shawn and I were invited to accompany some extraordinary gardeners to a nursery open house where we enjoyed free access to roam the plant houses and choose our favorites. The nursery, Camellia Forest Nursery, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the source for all things camellia. While its sales are mostly online, the nursery holds […]
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Faith Demands Action
Christians love to debate and argue, a sad commentary, but nevertheless a true statement. Consider the vast array of denominations in the evangelical world estimated to be 33,089.[1] Some of those divisions came about because Joe and Fred held different interpretations on a particular Bible verse so they departed asunder, one from the other. I […]
Where are we going?
I knew the 1995 Nissan pickup would become a hit with the family when we brought it home in early 1996. That vehicle, one of the best we have ever owned, first demonstrated its faithful service that fall as Hurricane Fran devastated the Raleigh area. The truck, buried under a pile of tree debris that […]
The Power of A Hug
A genuine heart-felt love-motivated no-conditions-attached hug. Wow! Sometimes it’s the best gift I can give, and other times it’s the best gift I can receive. Can we ever get enough hugs? My dear friend neared the end of his long battle with cancer, and though we’d planned to get together a few times his health […]
Worship Wars
It happens every Sunday in the mega-church, the middle-church, and the micro-church. Praise and worship time. One person or a team on the platform leads, and the audience stands to join them in song. Lyrics are often displayed on a big screen so the crowd can follow along. I pre-existed personal computers, smart phones, Internet […]
A Fresh Sheet of Paper
Word problems in math class. That phrase either excites or terrorizes you. Word problems represent an attempt on the textbook author’s part to apply math to the real world and demonstrate how and where we might someday use the principles we were learning. Once I got the hang of solving word problems they seemed the […]