About a month ago, we spent a Saturday at Neyland Staduim. It kind of reminded me of church. There was a processional, the band leading us down the Vol Walk. There were pilgrims from all over sharing food and drink. People donned specialized orange clothing demonstrating their devotion. We sang special anthems like our hymnal […]
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Back twenty eight years ago Connie and I were dating. I finished my sophomore year at UK and prepared to spend the summer working at a church camp in Eastern Kentucky. On the day I was to leave I loaded all my belonging into my car “the Turd”. I drove a brown Corolla […]
In hospital, Anna was not too far from the end of her life. Her husband of 50 plus years was too frail to come and visit her. Maybe thirty years, before they lost their only son in an unspeakable tragedy: a drug fueled robbery. Anna and Bill lived with a beauty, grace, courage and generosity […]
Although sounding similar “the pursuit of happiness” and “the act of thanksgiving” are fairly different. One is the seeking of an emotional state somewhat dependent on outside persons, resources, luck, or events. Thanksgiving is a slowing down to render an internal accounting of the blessings, beauty, gifts, and God’s goodness in any circumstance. The pursuit of […]
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