When we stayed in Delaware previously, we have been at Alum Creek State Park. We stayed there for a week during Thanksgiving, went to Akron, and then came back to Delaware. During December we decided to stay at Cross Creek Camping Resort which is across the street from Alum Creek State Park. There were two …
From December 2014
Standing Between
Today Tom and I worshiped at Linworth United Methodist Church for the fifth Sunday in a row. It was nice to be able to be at one church for the whole of Advent and the Sunday after Christmas. There weren’t many people at the service, but the Sunday after Christmas is typically one of the …
A Couple of Quiet Days
From talking to people who are retired, I know that most of them are as busy as they were when they were working. So Tom and I had no expectation that we wouldn’t be busy in retirement. The joy of retirement, however, is trading “have to” for “want to.” We are traveling, not because we …
A Walk in the Park
Christmas this year was a walk in the park compared to years past. We went to one nice Christmas Eve service and I was home before 1 a.m. for the first time in 22 years. I participated in the music but had no responsibility for anything else. I could just enjoy the service. Christmas morning …
Fantasy of Lights
Today is Christmas Eve and normally I would be spending it going crazy making sure all was ready for worship services tonight. At this point in the week I would already have worked 40 hours, with 16 more today. So when people ask me if I am missing my church, I can honestly say no. …
A Hitch in our Plans
This year for Christmas Tom and I gave each other a new truck. That was all because it was so much! And I can proudly say that I have resisted every instinct I have and not bought Tom another present. Not one. He won’t have anything under the tree – because he has a big …
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Yesterday was the fourth Sunday in Advent and Tom and I worshipped at Linworth again. John and Jackie are in Pennsylvania with her family for Christmas, so we could have gone someplace closer. But we decided to go someplace familiar where we know a few of the faces. The service opened with a solo voice …
A New Way to See a Movie
“The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings” were books that both Tom and I read when we were young. John read them when he got old enough. All of us love the books and we have seen each of the “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” movies the week they were released. Because they …
Of the Imitation of Christ
Now that I finished reading the Bible (see previous post) I have turned to the devotional reading of some Christian classics in the morning. This week I read “Of the Imitation of Christ” by Thomas a Kempis. “Of the Imitation of Christ” is a small volume written originally in Latin around 1420. It was one …
Move More
Tom and I have been staying very active in retirement. We have been riding the bike (until we hit Texas) and hiking as much as possible. And then we came back to Ohio where every day seems gray, gloomy, and cold. That kind of weather makes me want to hunker down under a blanket with …