Last week my wife and I celebrated our sixty-second wedding anniversary. On a dinner date sometime before our wedding, I learned something about my wife-to-be. As I went to pay the bill, she produced a two-for-one coupon. What a great idea. That idea would surface again during our wedding when Martha Fannin sang the prayer and…
My wife and I are alike in a lot of ways. I guess that explains sixty-two years of wedded bliss. But we also have our differences. I bust my you-know-what to be at least five minutes early for everything, whereas Joanne lives with the idea that nothing of significance happens in the first five minutes…
Today, I get a new prescription for my vision. Five weeks ago, I had my first cataract surgery, followed a week later with my second cataract surgery. Three medicated drops per day for three weeks, and I am now ready to have my eyes checked and get a new prescription. All of this has given…
The World Cup turned my world into multiple Soccer fans. Everywhere I went it seemed like Soccer was King. Even folks who had never been to a match before were using words like pitch, header, penalty minutes, knock-out round, golden ball, etc. Nothing wrong with these new words, but then I found an exception –…
She gave me good advice that ranged well beyond the subject of our discussion. A few weeks ago, I was facing cataract surgery in both eyes and had listened to the various possibilities including a lens replacement solution that went several thousand dollars beyond the coverage of Medicare. Needing advice, I turned to my Optometrist…
My mother had Macular Degeneration and other eye issues. Nothing could be done to correct it. In her later years, she was unable to look at us directly but rather had to tilt her head to see us. A few weeks ago, I had an unexpected blur in my left eye and went directly to…
I confess. I have never been a soccer fan. My excuse? I grew up in Houston in the 1950s. There were no soccer teams or leagues that I knew of. Soccer was a game played up north and in other countries. I also confess that I have enjoyed watching and learning during the current World…
I have been asked my opinion of the recent SBC amendment blocking women from the pastoral pulpit. Having traveled and ministered in all fifty states, every Canadian province and fifty-nine countries, as well as surviving the tenure of three Presidents during my twenty-two years on a Seminary faculty, here is what I have observed –…
My wife, Joanne, had a birthday yesterday. While her exact age is a forever secret, she is in the eighties. It is not a lonesome age group. Here are a few others who have been there; Canadian actor Christopher Plummer won an Oscar at the age of 82. Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, actor William Shatner,…
A friend called the other day and among other things, he said. “You know May was just not your month.” He was so right. When it comes to my wife’s health and my caregiver status, it was a challenging month. While her new Pacemaker was going well, she was now scheduled for the installation of…