Monthly Archives: May 2016

Do your best to come to me quickly, for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and … Continue reading →

The yellow roses are now pushing their first blossoms.  I am impressed!!  The Bible speaks well of roses.  I can see why.

Do your best to come to me quickly, for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and … Continue reading →

Yesterday Jane and Glenn celebrating 37 years of marriage and that very day Roma, my sister, and John Ruth, her husband celebrated their venerable 65th!  Jane and Glenn drove us to the Heritage Restaurant  where we joined others in the … Continue reading →

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near.  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store … Continue reading →

We have but one azalea bush, now blooming its heart out. I tried to capture one blossom that reveals the exuberance of the plant.

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and … Continue reading →

Our first yellow rose.  For some reason, firsts are often the best.  This lovely rose produced it first blossom yesterday, May 24.  It is a heart-warming bloom, don’t you think?  After many months without our roses, this beauty is a … Continue reading →

You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from … Continue reading →

Hello!!  Three years ago I bought four such frogs.  Now they have multiplied and dominate our little ponds.  They croak their distinctive croaks and make the place sound like some primitive swamp. Now what?  Will they simply multiply until they … Continue reading →