I’ve been in touch with some campus ministers from VT. I shared with them something our local Christian station is doing next Monday, 4/30, at Noon EST, WCVO (www.1049theriver.com) will be playing 33 songs of encouragement consecutively (no commercial breaks, either) – one for each victim and the shooter. Please listen if you can. I emailed that info to […]

Most of you know that I’ve been on crutches for over a year because of an injury suffered last year that has led to 4-5 soft tissue complications. While I”m still on crutches & in the boot, the foot is getting stronger and allowing me to do more things (and in a few weeks we […]

Another reason I continue to ‘monitor’ the VT events is because of a connection – though removed – to a couple people on campus. When I was on staff w/GCM, two people on staff at a campus church at VT came through staff training – Jim & Tracy Pace. Another pastor who helped start the […]

By now pretty much everyone in the world knows of the carnage of Virginia Tech. My mind and heart have been drawn to it this week for a few reasons: 1) 33 people died and have stood before the Lord – did they know Him? It increases my heart for evangelism. It’s easy to get […]

From my journal this morning, Good Friday: “Most of all, Lord, thank you for your example of obedience…first in humbling yourself to become a man and then obedience to death – even death on a cross (Philippians). No fanfare. No’just wait and see.’ No attention to Yourself. You humbly submitted and totally trusted the Father. […]

I hate politics. No, let me be more direct & less politically correct: I DESPISE politics! All it amounts to is manipulation and back-handed deals with little faithfulness or honesty. And yet, somehow, I suddenly find myself in the thick of potentially running a ‘political’ campaign. The City just granted a rezoning request for 94 […]

I sit at my computer w/my bowl of oatmeal, watching the time & getting ready to go to work (I”m on an instant oatmeal kick lately….the flavored stuff!). It’s been a busy week – I feel like I’m living at the office. Well, I guess it’s not THAT bad…yet. By the time tomorrow night hits […]

365 consecutive days on crutches as of today (a new Personal Record…one I hope I never come close to beating!)…..hopefully (if the Lord wills) no more than 380 (if that). I did a few steps w/o crutches yesterday at the chiropractor but those were still a bit much but nothing that sent me into a […]

We got word late Tuesday night that my Aunt Dot passed away. My heart is sad. There were 6 sisters in my mom’s family; now there are 4 left with us. Aunt Eleanor died a number of years ago. We had been to see Aunt Dot & Aunt Marie last June. They lived at the […]

Sometimes it’s fun – necessary – to take a step back & look where the Lord has taken us and perhaps get a bit of perspective on where He may be leading. This post is inspired by Erik (PushingForward83). I tell people I’ve had an ‘atypical’ career path….make that ‘life path.’ I went to college […]

PSA 19:13 Also keep back Thy servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.PSA 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. We’re […]

Boy….that was close! Tonight was d-day for me…the day the doc decided (this time) if she wanted to give me a certain test. I had had trouble w/ a lot of tingling & numbness in my ankle area & last appt. she gave me 2 weeks before she was going to run an EMG. Let […]

We FINALLY got snow! Central Ohio & we FINALLY got snow…1/2 way thru January. Now, I promised the doc I wouldn’t ski this year (that was easy – my foot won’t LET me ski!). And I’ve promised friends I’ll behave when it snows. You see – I’m the kind that’s out there with the kids […]

Instead of deleting the prior post I”m leaving it up for reference. My brother, the retired SMSgt from the Air Force, has corrected me. He does his homework better than I. Of course, he was in the military. Why am I not surprised?! (love ya, bro!) I’m not able to copy the entire piece so […]

Hey, all – Just thought I’d send this out; got it from a friend. Having a brother who served in the Air Force & a Dad who served in the Navy, and having a dear friend’s son getting ready to leave for Marine Recruit Training end of this month, I’m a little sensitive to these […]

Last night I noticed something in me that took me by surprise. Along with anyone else watching TV, I watched and waited for news the Saddam Hussein’s execution had been carried out. And I felt rather morbid for doing so. I turned the channel many times. And then I found myself imagining his last hours […]

Yes, Virginia…Sue IS alive! Hey, all…it’s been a WHILE! Just life…busy. Between foot doctor appts. every 2 weeks, City Council meetings every 2 weeks, physical therapy 2-3x EACH week…and a HUGE project at work, things have just been crazy. My older brother and my niece got in from Maryland last night & we’re heading to […]

I know, I know……it’s been a while. Things have been really busy, so here’s a brief update: 1) things with the house have kept me busy…last weekend we re-dug drain pipes and that seems to have solved my water issues, tho with the rain this next week we’ll see how much! That whole process was […]

I was reminded last night of what REALLY matters. We’ve had a lot of rain – over 2″ in 24 hours. Needless to say my sump pump has been working overtime. The sound of water going over waterfalls was what my drainpipe sounded like as the water dropped into an empty reservoir and the pump […]

This past weekend I almost lost 2 family members in a boating accident – Dad & Steve. We’re thankful for the Lord’s protection of them and the ‘coincidences’ of the rescue. Steve had come to town from Maryland for the weekend. They were on a fishing trip when the canoe capsized. Now realize – it’s […]