Isaiah 6: 1-8 In 1943, Thomas J. Watson, president of IBM, said, “I think that there’s a world market for about five computers. In 1946, Daryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century Fox, said, “TV won’t be able to hold onto any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired…
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I’m Ruined for Anything Else
There’s one line from Bill Johnson, from Redding, CA, I like to quote, but one shouldn’t overdue. Those who know these words don’t live as Christians playfully. I’m ruined for anything else. We worshiped on Wednesday night, as we did the Wednesday before, at the church we attend in Calhoun County, AL. The environment was…
We Said Yes (Close to the Edge)
Now, we’re close to the edge. A couple Sundays ago in church we were encouraged to say yes to the will and plans of God. I nudged April and said everything in our lives and how we live, right now, is shaped by our yes to God. Last Sunday, while I was listening for the…
The Aircraft Carrier Dream (Some Days In January)
Two consecutive nights, I dreamed of being a college student. There was no exam anxiety or assignment tension. I was just a student attending classes. April looked up the meaning of a student in a dream. One of the meanings struck me. It means what is past is coming into the present. It could also…
It’s Worth Remembering
<!–[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> The most insidious diseases of our time are those that affect and infect the brain, and most directly, the memory. My mother was stolen from me, from my brother & sister, my father and their grandchildren by the strokes that emanated from Alzheimer’s disease. I hate that disease. I don’t hate…
Psalm 102 in The Message 