Monthly Archives: April, 2017
Admiration
For the past two days I have been observing the construction of a new concrete driveway across the street. On Saturday I saw a tree come down to make room for a wider driveway and that is a skill all its own too. Then yesterday the bed was laid by taking out the old driveway. …
Were You There?
The Negro Spiritual song, “Were you There” evokes our senses to the death, burial, and rising again of Jesus, our Lord. The tune is a mournful sound and the meter is slow moving. The stirring words: sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble almost causes one to want to shun the whole experience …
Fifty-Six Years
Take a stroll with me. We will meander on a street called Memory Lane. That first car of mine, a 1951 Studebaker, was not a beauty by any stretch of the imagination. It cost me ninety dollars back in 1961 when I was working at the local A & W root beer stand as …
The Piano Tuner
A fine gentleman in my church is a piano tuner. I am not exactly sure how piano tuning works although I do play the piano for my own amazement. If the piano were only dreadfully out of tune would I know it. Chris also plays the piano and on occasion blesses us with music during …
The Shepherd's Presence 