Having finished eating breakfast at a conference several years ago, I got up to take my tray to the cleanup area. Suddenly I dropped the tray on the floor... big crash, plates and food strewn around … a real mess. As I knelt down to begin cleaning it up, a good friend immediately was down … Continue reading “He Will Help Us Clean Up the Mess” →

In the movie “Silence” a story about Jesuit missionaries in Japan during the 17th century, there is a character named Kichijirō. He is an alcoholic fisherman who fled Japan to save himself from the persecution of Christians; his entire family had refused to renounce their faith and were killed …. yet he had renounced his faith. Later in the … Continue reading “God Forgives 7 X 70” →

Temptation can be viewed as  somewhat of a “dirty word”. The implication is that if you get tempted, than there’s something wrong with you. Yet in truth, everybody gets tempted…even Jesus got tempted. The one big difference with Jesus was that he didn’t ever succumb to temptation. “ For we have not a high priest who is unable … Continue reading “Everybody Gets Tempted” →

Originally Posted July 15, 2020 It was summer in the early ‘50’s and it was really HOT. The Saturday matinee was 10 cents…no I’m serious , it was 10 cents. I can still picture walking from 90 degree heat into the really cool air conditioning of the theatre… visibly sighing as the coolness sank into … Continue reading “Normal Life Is Always Changing” →

Originally Posted July 14, 2020 The other night I was thinking of all the good things of this earth, especially all the good men and women that I have known … wonderful people. I am very grateful for having known them. But then my next thought was so many of them have died…. and in the future … Continue reading “Life Wins” →

One of the worst things a person can hear is, “You have cancer”. Those words can take your breath away, with your mind quickly jumping to the worse case scenario…. “ it’s  terminal and you have only a short time to live.”  Yet, a even worse scenario is that a person doesn’t hear those frightening words … Continue reading “CANCER DOES NOT HAVE THE LAST WORD” →

Well, we’re waiting to begin the new “Ask The BLOG” series. As you’ll remember from yesterday’s BLOG, this series will provide answers to “thought provoking and  exciting questions” from the grandkids and others. In the meantime, we’ll just continue on with the normal BLOGS. I was talking to my wife Judy about all of this and she suggested … Continue reading “We’re Still Bopping Around” →

As I was posting yesterday’s BLOG on the “Touhill Chickens”, I was thinking that someone is losing their mind… and it might be me. So, I think it’s time to “take this BLOG  up a notch”….. hmmmmmm,  but how ? What's Next ? Well, perhaps we should try and focus the BLOG on some particular questions that … Continue reading “What’s Next For The BLOG ? ” →

PREAMBLE: We’re going to take a slight detour from the normal BLOG. I think we need a diversion.  It’s not often that “we normal people” are able to catch a glimpse of the things going on behind closed doors of major corporations and organizations. Well today, I want to provide one of those moments. While most … Continue reading Touhill Chicken Association →

Well,  here we are…. moving into the first full week of Lent. How’s everyone doing? I have to tell you that I’m still trying to find the right pace…the proper equilibrium. “Are my eyes bigger than my appetite?” Am I doing enough…am I doing too much? Hmmmmm.   "Life In The Desert" It seems that the devil … Continue reading “How’s Your Lent Going?” →