Jeff Hampton – Page 89 – Jeff Hampton, Writer

March 30, 2021

Brushing off the Dust and Powdered Sugar

For Wilshire Baptist Church

“Looks like I need to brush the powdered sugar off my shoulders.”

That’s what I told LeAnn on Palm Sunday morning as I got ready to dress up for church for the first time in more than a year. I pulled my blue blazer down from the upper rod in the closet and found that the shoulders were covered with a fine white dust that looked like powdered sugar. The same was true across the top fold of my dress pants. Neither garment had been touched in more than a year.

March 26, 2021

Vocation on the Highway

For Wilshire Baptist Church

Eating BBQ under a sheet-metal shed in the howling, dusty wind at a roadside stand was not our first choice for dinner after a long day of exploring Big Bend National Park. It wasn’t even our Plan B; it was just what happened. But for Don Bauchman, owner of DB’s Rustic Iron BBQ in Terlingua, feeding hungry folks like us is a vocation and fulfillment of a longtime dream.

March 16, 2021

Against the Wind

For Wilshire Baptist Church

During Wilshire’s virtual worship service on Sunday, two of our members shared personal reflections about what this past year has meant to them. A recurring theme was being mindful of what’s been lost, and what’s been gained. In particular, Abbey Adcox said, “I pray that I don’t pick back up the lost things that were maybe normal, but definitely not best.”