Blogs
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Monday Morning Manna: Then Came COVID!
What a year this has been! In January I participated in the semi-annual meeting of America’s National Prayer Committee. No one packed a facemask for the meeting. In February, I…
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Monday Morning Manna: Friends: Old and New
I had major surgery last week. I am blessed with a lot of friends, and social media has kept us in contact, but never did I expect the response from…
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Monday Morning Manna: Praying in the Night Watches
I haven’t been sleeping well lately. I wake up in the night and am unable to get back to sleep. I’m sure it is partly due to the physical, since…
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Monday Morning Manna: When Anger Becomes Greed
I was busy enjoying my meal in a local restaurant, when I was distracted. A family of four, seated nearby me, caught my attention. Mom and Dad were not having…
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Monday Morning Manna: Words That Communicate, and Some That Don’t
I learned a new word last week. When I received my pathology results on my medical portal, it stated that the polyps removed from my colon, via colonoscopy, were “adenomatous.”…
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Monday Morning Manna: Best Then, Best Now
There was a second page turned down in the green back Broadman Hymnal of my youth. While the first page that was turned down, was the hymn “Ready” which greatly…
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Monday Morning Manna: Ready Then, Ready Now
While moving my office recently, I came to the music bookshelves – hymnals and song books, collected over the years. There it was – the green-back Broadman Hymnal, and the…
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Monday Morning Manna: Musician Friends
Recently I had coffee with a long-time friend, an accomplished and highly sought-after soloist, with whom I taught on the Southwestern Baptist Seminary faculty. I used to sit next to…
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Monday Morning Manna: Medical Week
Last week was a medical week for me. I went to bed on Monday night with a slight pain but thought nothing of it. I woke up Tuesday with a…
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Monday Morning Manna: The Place of Possessions
I went to an estate sale last week. I seldom attend one of these, except this one happened to be in the home of a long-time friend and colleague. I…