For Wilshire Baptist Church
Late Saturday morning we took a walk at White Rock Lake between helping set up Wilshire’s Fall Festival in the parking lot and taking it down later. It always amazes me how taking an event down takes a fraction of the time as setting it up. I’m sure it’s because dismantling doesn’t require as much planning, coordinating and attention.
Continue reading “The Nature of Things”For Wilshire Baptist Church
It was great to hear the sound of college football in the house on an early fall Saturday. I wasn’t even really watching — my team wasn’t playing — but still I loved the sound: the crowd noise, the tweets of whistles, the rumble of drum lines, the rising and falling of the announcers’ voices. It’s been part of my fall Saturdays for years and it creates a certain familiar cozy feeling deep down in my subconscious. To me it is a signature sound of fall and it signals all that will follow: cooler weather, busy calendars, holidays on the horizon.
Continue reading “High Fives and Signs of Peace”For Wilshire Baptist Church
The Dallas Stars put up a good fight but they couldn’t close the deal in the Stanley Cup Finals. They let too many opportunities skate by, especially in the power plays.
I’m not a big hockey fan, but I start paying a little more attention during the playoffs, and this year I watched a few of the closing periods of the Stanley Cup games. I don’t know all the rules, and the long endless play wears me out, but I do love the power play.
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