Monthly Archives: June 2007
I Sing the Praises of Paint.Net
I love paint.net! It is a very easy to use program for photo manipulation (unlike gimp, which I have heard is more like photoshop, but is hard to learn), and I can do all kinds of things with it. One of my projects the last few days was to take an old photo of my dad [...]
Happy Father’s Day
Below are two pictures of my Dad . . . one taken a couple of years before I was born and the second on my last trip home to Kentucky in March. The fact that I am a Christian and a pastor is due in large part to my father’s love, teaching and example. For all that [...]
My Family
My Dad, James, and his wife Wanda My Mom, Ruthie My Brother, Kevin My Brother, Kevin and his wife Rita Technorati tags: photos, photography, family
Quote on UK Basketball: Hunter S. Thompson
This week’s quote is from Hunter S. Thompson and is about basketball . . . University of Kentucky basketball (as if any other kind of basketball even mattered), and it is from the blog “Nothing Rhymes with Lydia . . . Well, Except That” . I am more than just a Serious basketball fan. I am [...]
Welcome to the Table – A Sermon for Pentecost 3, Proper 6, Ordinary 11
[print_link] The texts for this sermon are as follows, and can be read here. 1 Kings 21:1-21a Psalm 5:1-8 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3 As one might surmise when reading this message, it owes much of its form and substance to the work of William Willimon in his periodical for preachers called Pulpit Resources. ———- Will [...]
The Relationship Between Forgiveness and Love – A Sermon for the Third Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 6, Ordinary 11
[print_link] The texts for this sermon and Sunday are as follows: 1 Kings 21:1-21a Psalm 5:1-8 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3 You can read them in their entirety here. ———- Let me paint you a picture. It is the Sabbath, and you and your friends and all sorts of important Jewish officials have gathered at the [...]
This Week’s Quote – Epistle to Diognetus
I found this on the blog Restless Reformer and decided to steal, er . . . borrow it. “For the Christians are distinguished from other men neither by country, nor language, nor the customs which they observe. For they neither inhabit cities of their own, nor employ a peculiar form of speech, nor lead a life which [...]
Rivers and Streams of Grace – A Sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord Sunday
The posting of this sermon, even though it is out of order as far as the liturgical year is concerned,was prompted by a post written by Julie of Lone Prairie Blog. Her post begins with the same quote by Norman Maclean that I used to frame the worship service and sermon I wrote over six years ago. [...]
When I Was 18 . . .
John of Locusts & Honey recently posted a meme that Jeff the Baptist brought to his attention. It has to do with the best song that playing on the radio when you were 18 years old. For me, the year was 1979 and the song was “Take the Long Way Home” by Supertramp. I loved the song (and [...]
Pine Needles
Taken in May 2007. I love the texture and various colors of the pine needles. Technorati tags: photog. photos, pine needles
