For Wilshire Baptist Church
I’ve been thinking a lot about work after seeing Wilshire’s production of “Working” on Saturday night. My thoughts have been stirred by a great production and a good discussion afterward on the nature of work. And mostly I’ve been thinking about the way we treat people who work at jobs that are different than our own. Continue reading “On-The-Job Education”
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Today a man came to the house to pick up a large stuffed chair that we’re having reupholstered for one of our guest rooms. It’s been in storage for 20 years but I grew up seeing it in my grandparent’s living room in Sherman. It was a great big comfortable place to sit if you could beat others to it but I mostly remember seeing my grandmother sitting in it while my father and grandfather paced the floor having a conversation – or sometimes a friendly debate. There was always religion and politics in the mix along with whatever else was in the news. They were mostly in agreement but I understand now there were some generational differences too. Continue reading “The Conversation Chair”
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During the run-up to the Academy Awards in early March, Turner Classic Movies hosted their annual festival of Oscar-winning films. A favorite that I watched again was “Patton,” which portrays the exploits of U.S. General George S. Patton during World War ll. It’s especially memorable for me because my father took my brother and me to see it when we were 12 and 11. He warned us that the language would be rough, and it was, but he explained that it was a story about a real man and real life, and real life gets rough. Continue reading “Of Parades and Glory”
