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Entries from April 19th, 2007

On The Road – Oxford, Mississippi, Home of Ole Miss

April 19th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized

Greetings from just off the courthouse sqare, Oxford, Mississippi.  We had a good five hour trip up here yesterday.  The weather is perfect and we enjoyed each other’s company along the way. We didn’t get away from Picayune until about 1:45 p.m., so it was 6:45 p.m. when we arrived.  We unpacked, freshened up and [...]

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Thought For The Day

April 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Blogging, Reflections, Uncategorized

Yep – just one thought.  (ha!)  That’s all I have time for since I’ve got to get busy packing for our . . . "road trip, road trip!"  Several of my friends thought we were leaving yesterday (for Oxford – see Monday’s post) because I wrote so excitedly about it here on Monday.  I’m just [...]

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Interview With Danny Sims

April 17th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Blogging, Interviews, Reflections, Theology, Uncategorized

Today’s interview is with Ft. Worth minister, Danny Sims, of the creatively named The Danny Sims Blog who astounds us with his superlative food tastes (just read what he says his favorite food is) and other illustrious previously unknown tidbits about his life.  Danny is with the Altamesa church in Ft. Worth where he has [...]

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Road Trip, Road Trip

April 16th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Blogging, Perspective, Reflections, Tom & Me, Tom's Family, Uncategorized

I’ve got to be good today.  That’s my "fruits of the Spirit" word for the day.  What’s your’s, or is anyone else keeping up with working on specific fruits of the Spirit every day?  I just got through my list of 20 words and phrases and am starting over again. Have I seen any changes [...]

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Exercising Self-Control

April 12th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Perspective, Reflections, Uncategorized

My fruits of the Spirit word for today is self-control (Gal. 5:22). I like to think that I’m a self-controlled person in all, but know that I am not when it comes to a lot of things that I don’t force myself to stop and think about.  It is those things that I don’t stop [...]

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Deja Vu All Over Again

April 11th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Perspective, Tom & Me

If I didn’t have bad luck, I wouldn’t have any I don’t think at the moment.  This has not been my week so far.  I mean, I’m just now getting over my stomach virus or bacterial infection and now . . .  Well – this morning I woke up with a pink eye!  And I [...]

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Interviews Back Next Tuesday; Poem on the Fallen in War Instead

April 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Poetry, Reflections, Uncategorized

I’m still feeling pretty yucky – am not much better – and have a doctor’s appointment about noon, so haven’t had time to prepare today’s interview for you.  Instead I’m offering you something very serious and poignant to think about. This is a poem I wrote years ago and have used in several important positive [...]

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