As I neared the end of taking down all my Christmas lights, I paused momentarily and sat on my front steps. It was always a pain to put up the lights and take them down. Now I was almost done. Just one lone tree remained to strip off its lights. A certain sadness entered my […]
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When We ‘Widen The Plate’
TheDiscipleMD A good friend recently shared this great story entitled: “Don’t Widen the Plate” “In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA convention. While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more […]
I Would Rather Go Out Of Existence!
TheDiscipleMD “I would rather go out of existence then to believe the thought that I will never be reunited with my wife.” So said my Father about his deceased wife, (my Mother), when he reached his 89th birthday. “Amen,” I said in my heart as I feel the same about my companion of more than […]
A Monumental View Of Heaven
TheDiscipleMd Having grown up in the suburbs of Maryland gave me proximity to our Nation’s capital. In fact, I was born in it. So, on occasion as a family, mostly when relatives came to town, we would go sightseeing to Washington D.C. One of the sites we often visited was the Washington Monument. Erected in […]