From October 2016

Seldom Set Foot

Today I was reading in the book of Proverbs for my devotions, and I came upon a verse that I swear was not there the last time I read Proverbs.  This happens to me frequently in reading the Bible – I find things I don’t remember reading before, even though I have read the entire …

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Pumpkin Spice: It’s Everywhere!

It started appearing in stores around the beginning of September, still well ahead of Halloween or Thanksgiving.  Gradually it crept down one row after another.  Eventually you couldn’t walk down a single row in the grocery store without seeing it.  Then it spread to craft booths and specialty stores.  The insidious flavor worked its way …

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When Breath Becomes Air

“When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi is a beautiful, life-affirming book about dying.  Paul was a neurosurgery resident who was pursuing the goal of finishing and becoming a professor of neurosurgery.  He was so focused on the end of this goal that he nearly let the hours and stress destroy his marriage.  And then …

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Friends and Family

We weren’t in Ohio very long this time and our time there is never long enough to see everyone we want to see.  But we did have the opportunity to get together with some of our friends and family. First among our friends and family are John and Jackie and my parents.  We spent several …

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Walk Humbly With Your God

Do you walk humbly with God? Yesterday Tom and I returned to Aldersgate United Methodist Church and their “informal and somewhat contemporary” 8:30 worship service.  Since we were there in May, the church has received a new Senior Pastor.  Tom and I were hoping that the new pastor, Rev. Randy Blanton, would be as good …

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Finding a Doctor

The longer Tom and I are on the road, the less we return to Akron.  The last two times we have been back to Ohio, we have only gone to Akron once.  We got a letter that Tom’s doctor retired and another letter that said my optometrist was retiring.  So we decided it to go …

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