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Month August 2008

Ordination

One of the great thrills in my life is seeing the students that I have worked with go on to become successful.  I have been asked a few times to speak at a student’s ordination.  About a week ago I was asked by my good friend Tommy Boland to speak at his ordination.  It was [...]

Baseball

As the result of the generosity of some very kind people I was able, with the rest of the family, to see the Cubs play this year.  Since Mo didn’t get to go, Charity took him to another game.  Here she is along with Mo and her boyfriend Corey at the game.

How Far is Fifteen Minutes?

15 minutes doesn’t seem so far away.  It’s a short drive, one that can be made every day and one that is much shorter than my own daily commute, yet now it seems to me to be worlds away. That is how far both Charity and Josiah live now that they both are in college.  [...]

Bigfoot in the Freezer

My father grew up in Indian Town and used to tell me stories that the Indians had told him.  One of the most fascinating was the story of the “Skunk Ape” which is Florida’s version of the Sasquatch.  I have grown up hoping that maybe there really was such a creature, though the evidence does [...]