Perspectives from the Porch and Other Perches #8

Table Talk “It is around a table that friends perceive best the warmth of being together.”  So read the plaque on the restaurant wall.  Few things I appreciate more than sitting at table with friends (old and new) and food.  Last Wednesday it was with Annetta, the...

Perspectives from the Porch and Other Perches #7

  “Sacred Sites” Moss Side Cemetery ~ Cumberland Center, Maine . . . Dropping Sue off at work last Thursday morning, I headed north to attend Anne’s funeral (see the previous posting).  Before the service I had a few minutes with Anne’s husband Roland and...

Perspectives from the Porch and Other Perches #6

The Note Keeper and the Name Keeper Summer 1976 . . . The handwritten note was left behind for me on the seat of our ‘75 Ford LTD.  Sue and I were headed home after exchanging last goodbyes with friends following a chicken BBQ put on for us by our church family in N....

“Stan”ding on the Sands

Perspectives from the Porch and Other Perches #5 “Stan”ding on the Sands 11:00 AM Sunday, September 30 . . . It was Sue’s birthday.  So she got to choose where we went to worship with the congregation of XXXXX XXXXXX.  The pastor devoted a large portion of his sermon...

Perspectives from the Porch and Other Perches #4

Billy Graham Week It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers . . .                                                                        [Ephesians 4:11 NIV] Last week was Billy Graham...

Perspectives from the Porch and Other Perches #3

NASCAR, Dad’s Car and My Car “My frame was not hidden from you . . .”   [Psalm 139:15a ESV] One “out of the box” experience I took in last week was the NASCAR Hall of Fame.  One of my nephews exclaimed, “I didn’t know you were into NASCAR!” “I’m not.”  Or at least I...