Monthly Archives: January 2012

It is tough to wrap the mind around such a tragedy.  Pastor Jeff Geske, his wife Laura, and their three children were driving west on I-70 when a driver (reason still unknown at this writing) veered out of the eastbound … Continue reading →

I am posting this as a blog entry just to be sure everyone who reads the blog posts on Facebook gets a chance to read it.  Lawrie says: January 27, 2012 at 10:37 pm Thanks Peter for another interesting blog… really … Continue reading →

It did not stop him.  Armed with a canister of Liquid Nitrogen he started squirting.  First it was under my eye, then on the side of my face.  I just went there to check on a very tiny barely visible … Continue reading →

It has been so long that I had forgotten just how much impact writing a sermon can have.  When people go to church and hear a sermon preached, they can listen or not listen; they can tune in to the … Continue reading →

I almost titled this “Back in the Saddle Again” but there is neither saddle nor horse involved, just a Pulpit and Chancel.  Actually, this may be the first time in my entire forty year career that I have done what … Continue reading →

It is true.  Friend (Mate) Lawrie from Canberra, Australia does it.  He routinely gets up in the morning, gets the coffee/tea ready, and brings in the paper so that it will be there ready to read.  While watching an episode … Continue reading →

Yes, I will soon be crowned.  The preparations were demanding.  Actually, the preparations took place in the throne on which I will be sitting at the coronation.  I won’t be sending invitations since it will be a private ceremony.  Pictures … Continue reading →

I have.  Today I drove out into the country to a little town about an hour from home to the Jepson Pottery Studio.  There he was.  At his heaviest he was 34 pounds.  Mary Ann and I used to go … Continue reading →

Those pages contain most of my life for the last 3.5 years, including the last year and a half of Mary Ann’s life here.  I don’t know how well I would have survived these last few years without spewing out … Continue reading →

The deposit is in the mail.  I’m singing with a choir this summer touring Northern Germany.  I have the list of pieces we will be performing and the sheet music will be in the mail tomorrow.  The program is a … Continue reading →