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Some different thoughts - not necessarily related;

-Astronomers tell us new moons have been discovered in our solar system recently.  They say the moons are hunting NEPTUNE, the most distant planet from Earth.  Reckon what they'll do if they find it?

The last time we visited Garey’s mom, Aggie, in Corner, Alabama, I was listening once more to the conversation between Garey and Aggie about Aggie’s pecan trees.  I have been a passive listener to this conversation for at least the last twenty-four years—that’s how long Garey’s dad has been gone.  This time, however, I didn’t sit quietly by.

 Baptism is a subject that deserves our study since it is discussed often in the New Testament. What does baptism do for man? What purpose does it serve?

The Doors had them in spades.  America (the group, not the country) had plenty.  Lynyrd Skynyrd had them as well.  They and more had those unmistakable hooks where you just knew what the song was as soon as that riff

How important are our possessions...

Last week, we traveled to Orange Beach on vacation.  Our daughter, Nikki, and her husband, Thomas, met us there for a few days.  They live north of New Orleans, and Mobile, Alabama is a lot closer for them than Morgantown, Kentucky.  Garey and I mostly walked on the beach.  We are no longer lie-in-the-sun people, but late one afternoon, we took our place on some beach chairs about eight feet away from two families vacationing together.  Nikki and Thomas were walking, and we were waiting for them to return so we could all go out for dinner to

            “Pride touched Naaman, the Syrian general, and made him revolt at Elisha’s command to dip seven times in Jordan (II Kings 5:11-12).