Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
A new year begins and it's time to pick up this practice again. A weekly reminder of the things for which I am thankful. The interesting thing for me is that after this week I will have covered the "easy" ones. Wife, daughter, parents, my ministry, even my hair. Easy stuff, obvious stuff. Now I'll... Continue Reading →
Today we remember all veterans but especially those who gave all. From the poem "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon: They went with songs to the battle, they were young.Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,They fell with their faces to the foe.They shall grow... Continue Reading →
Talking to my friend Andrew Hill who still works at my last radio station and he told me that he had come across the audio file of me saying good bye on that last day. I told him I wasn't sure that I had that clip and he graciously made me a copy. One of... Continue Reading →
I've noticed that I tend to do linked posts from week to week. That's because so many of the things in my life are linked. Last week it was Youth Ministry. This week it's Youth. I wonder if these young people know how much they've come to mean to me over the years. How hard... Continue Reading →
(I noticed late last week that I had forgotten to do my weekly post on things for which I am truly thankful. I thought about rushing to get "caught up" and then decided that I'd just resume today. This is about being thankful not stressful and schedule bound) Thirty years ago I would have laughed... Continue Reading →
I am truly thankful. For wonderful parents. Jack and Debby. The Captain and the Nurse. How do I even begin to describe these two people? The most common description of my father I use is that he was a mechanical engineer by training and a Navy officer by choice. His world was precise and logical... Continue Reading →
I am truly thankful. My relationship with church during my lifetime has been uneven let's say. Starting in first grade or so we went to church on a regular basis. I still have my Sunday school attendance pin. We moved, found another church and Sundays rolled on. Unfortunately when I got to be a teenager... Continue Reading →
I am truly thankful. This is going to sound silly to a lot of people. And for a certain category of folks they will understand completely. I am thankful for hair. 54 years old and I have a God given gift of a full head of hair with no more than a light dusting of... Continue Reading →
I am truly grateful. Well I need to complete the set here. Last week was the Lady in My Life. This week it is the Little Lady in My Life. It has been an adventure since the beginning. Born 2 1/2 months premature on a cold December morning (early in the freaking A.M. Even then... Continue Reading →
I am truly thankful. For some 35 years I have had a constant companion, friend, comforter, cheerleader and partner. For many years she has been known as the Lady in My Life or my Lady Wife. I met Donna at the Olde Union Theater at Edinboro State College. Through good times and bad I have... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 