As I have mentioned in earlier posts when I was a child we lived next to a very lively house with something always going on. When I was young my bed was against a wall that had windows and looked out on our driveway. Across the driveway was this house. It was a small one …
Read more “The Old Neighborhood – Part III – The Police Raid”
Actually I guess the post should be called the House That ‘Used’ To Be Next Door as it as since been torn down. The two story brick building that used to stand at 1292 Jefferson was many things while I lived next door. It was a realty company and then a set of apartments that …
Read more “The Old Neighborhood – Part II – The House Next Door”
While heading out of town last week I drove by the house where I grew up. It’s in the Mid-town/Medical Center area not far from Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, which used to be Bellevue Baptist Church back in the days of my youth. Boy how times have changed. The two story house that used to …
If you’ve ridden with me in the past few months you have noticed that I’m listening to classical music in the truck. In fact my XM is usually tuned to the POPS station. Why you ask? I’ll tell you. I enjoy the calmness of the music and the mental picture it paints. There, I’ve said …
What better time and date to relaunch this blog than today? I rarely make New Year’s resolutions but I do appreciate the clean start a new calendar can bring. I’ve seen some very well done posts from my friends lately and I have a few FB friends who can literally make you LOL so in …
“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” ~ Mark Twain
My daughter went to DNOW this weekend where this video by the City Community Church was screened. Quite amazing and so true.
I Bowed On My Knees And Cried Holy
This story seems to have drawn me in. I’ve read over the past week of the torture this young girl went through in her last days before she took her life. It all seems so stupid, senseless and so very preventable. She told others, including teachers and authority figures, but nothing was done. How frustrated …
Please watch and add Zac to your prayer list. The Story of Zac Smith from NewSpring Media on Vimeo.