Someone once said,“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” This song by Trace Adkins speaks to those rough men who have been there to prevent harm from befalling others. Sometimes they are there for erroneous reasons, but [...]
When you look at this picture what you see is not perfectly clear. What the disciples saw of Jesus was not perfectly clear to them. In Mark 6 Jesus had feed 15,000 people with just 5 loaves and 2 fishes. The crowd wanted to make Jesus king right then and there. That was not what [...]
Shut Out, A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston by Howard Bryant; 278 pages; 2002; Routledge, New York; 0-415-92779-X; Interlibrary loan from Willamette University Library; 3/11-3/19 This is much more than a book about baseball, this is a sociological study of race relations and sports in Boston. All four of the major sports teams, [...]
These are two of our very best friends, Greg and Leanne Rowlett. We have all worked for Leanne at one time or another, at Pumpkin Patch, selling Christmas trees or at Farmers’ Market. Greg has been our mechanic for several cars. We have sons that are the same age as our sons who have grown [...]
Just in case you need reminding Thursday Thriller is the brainchild of Barbara Gillette.
