Pastor’s Blog (Page 37)

You’ll never guess what caught my eye the other day. It was an auction posting for a beautifully colored parasail. You know about these, right?  A parasail is a modified parachute.  You strap yourself into the parasail’s harness and a ski boat tows you and the parasail aloft with a 300 foot cable.  Some say there’s nothing like it.  Others say it’s…

Meet our two dogs, Tucker (on the left) and Sadie.  Both are Golden Retrievers from the same breeder but from different bloodlines.  Tucker is the well-mannered, calm, [more] obedient one and has outgrown chewing everything in sight.  He reminds us of Shadow in Homeward Bound: calm, composed, patient, and wise.  Sadie spends every waking moment at full throttle.  Always…

Truckers have a saying:  If you have it, it came on a truck. Well, they’ve got a point.  After all, what do you have that didn’t come on a truck?  Not much.  And their idea, I suppose, is that once we take note of all the benefits trucking delivers… we’ll be thankful… and grumble less about all the big trucks on the road. Their slogan reminds…

Have you been around any 3-year-olds lately? Their view on what is whose is pretty simple. Check this out. Property Law As Viewed By A Toddler 1.  If I like it, it’s mine. 2.  If it’s in my hand, it’s mine. 3.  If I can take it from you, it’s mine. 4.  If I had it a little while ago, it’s mine. 5.  If it’s mine, it must never appear to…

Reid Stowe recently completed an 1152-day nonstop sea voyage.  Mr. Stowe, 58, stayed aboard his schooner Anne these three-plus years without returning to land or restocking.  He built his 70-foot two-masted sailboat to handle the rigors of the deep.  And she did.  Short, stubby masts and super-thick rigging enabled Anne to survive a freak wave off of Cape Horn that rolled…

Approximately 45,000,000 turkeys are desperately hoping for a pardon this Thanks-giving season. Turkey pardoning was first mentioned by President Harry Truman in 1947, but there is no evidence to support that he actually pardoned the turkey.  Uh oh. President John F. Kennedy spared a turkey days before his assassination, but the bird never received a formal pardon.…