Simple thoughts on a spectacular thing

Marriage is a spectacular thing! Having just marked my 25th Wedding Anniversary only reinforces this! And it spectacular far beyond my abilities to describe in writing (especially in a short blog post! But I do have a couple simple thoughts, that might encourage or edify others…
GOSPEL MYSTERY. When our Pastor, Dr [...]

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Ligonier concluded

Yup, it ended — and it was so rich I could hardly do it justice in a simple blog entry! But I’ll try!
FRIDAY AM — The conference theme (holiness) was taken up in reference to the Trinity this morning: Sinclair Ferguson, Holiness of the Father; Steve Lawson, Holiness of Jesus; and Alistair Begg, [...]

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Thursday at the Ligonier Conference

A quick commute from the suburbs south of the city brought me to the huge campus of the First Baptist Church of Orlando, the site of the 2009 Ligonier Conference. Most of today was a pre-conference program celebrating the legacy of John Calvin (born 500 years ago this July).
First up was the [...]

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Arrived in Florida

The verdict is in: Monday night there was snoring to be heard! And yet we all seemed to survive the night, and got on the road in good fashion Tuesday for the drive through the rest of the Carolina’s, across a sliver of Georgia, in to northern Florida.
Palm trees are really [...]

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Vacation is underway…

Well it is good to have a change of pace — and this vacation is off to a quick one! We left New York after church on Sunday morning (and after lunch and loading the big van). After several hours drive down I-95, dodging NJ drivers weaving about us, we arrived safely in [...]

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Bat Slayer!

Here’s one of the more interesting accounts, from my week with the Scouts at Camp Wakpominee.
Early one morning, while the troops assembled awaiting the morning flag raising, I walked over to the dining hall for my first mug of coffee. One of the staff was sending all the table-setters, etc, out of the hall, [...]

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Home, sweet home!

After a couple of weeks vacation — one camping with the Boy Scouts and one camping with the family — it is good to be home. I thank God for rich blessings and answered prayers all the while. I could easily fill a few pages with fun anecdotes from this summer’s camping, but [...]

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Questions on the roof

The other night our family ate outisde “on the roof” at the Golden Lion in Florida. The ocean was waving to us on one side, while the sun was setting on the other. It was a beautiful spot to be. Yet there was another family there, whose lone little girl was — [...]

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Week Two…

It’s been a few days since I have been able to post an entry here. Internet access in Florida was modest, to say the least (dial-up, with limited access to it). Let me post a few topical thoughts (Beach, Golf, Sunburn, etc.) from Monday through Friday (DAYS 8 – 12) as they come [...]

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Days 6-7…

Saturday was another beautiful day here in Florida. We did some shopping and the kids enjoyed Papa’s pool (still cold by local standards). The leisurely mornings have allowed extra time for devotions (prayer and Bible reading), very much appreciated by me.
Sunday, after church, we all drove down to Ormond Beach, near Daytona, to [...]

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