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Posted Wednesday, June 12, at 10:12 AM It happened a couple of Saturdays ago. I had an 8 a.m. meeting at the Putnam Inn. Around 15 of us met in the south side meeting room. There was quite a crowd already there with two thirds of the restaurant packed with people getting their breakfasts. Some were awake, some were barely awake, and some looked to be sleep walking that early of a morning. I was probably in that last category since early morning meetings on my day off are not something I usually schedule!...
Diana Ross Summer time has officially arrived when I break out music from an artist whose work impacted me decades ago. This year it's been Diana Ross. For those of you too old to remember, Diana Ross is a living legend. While she was in high school, Barry Gordon Jr. ...
Behind the scenes My nephew is in his 11th year of coaching. I finally got to attend the first basketball game where I saw him in this position. He played basketball and other sports all throughout his public school education. While taller than most other players, even by his senior year his body hadn't filled out enough to move beyond the nickname of "string bean" and so he didn't get to play as long as other players in each game. ...
Big bears! I went back to Evansville for our family Christmas gathering. My only surviving sibling (and much older-than-me sister!) wanted to go to the Evansville Museum for a few hours and invited me to go with her, a very surprising invitation since she hasn't been inside any museum's doors since Richard Nixon was president...
New beginnings My first meal of the day included black eye peas. My father would have been so proud! From his hillbilly roots in Tennessee we would always include this vegetable on the first day of the New Year. My mother always had to have cabbage as well. Sorry, Mom, I just couldn't pull that one off this year!...
A number of firsts During these last few weeks I've been recovering from foot surgery. I was very lucky, had a great surgeon and now find that I'm getting better and stronger day by day. It is as if each morning now holds the opportunity for new firsts in recovery: First meal away from the parsonage, first day without using crutches, first day wearing a shoe, etc...
One of those days It was one of those mornings. My electric razor head broke into five pieces that would not fit back together. It was one week past the two-year warranty. My Soni-care electric toothbrush's battery died (after 11 years). I rushed to Wal-Mart, bought a new Soni-care and a new electric razor, rushed home, used the new razor only to have the head flip open while in use with the three combs falling out from their matching three cylinder heads...
Free falling Last weekend I spent all day Saturday "manning" an unmarked table at Airport Appreciation Days. Still in my two year waiting period after having several surgeries for skin cancer, I had layered myself with so much sun screen and sun block that I must have looked like a zombie! I tripled up on my allergy medication and had even driven down to Bloomington the day before for an extra round of allergy shots...
Front page Well, my church finally made it in a photo on the front page of a newspaper! Unfortunately, it wasn't exactly the type of photo we'd been hoping for. By now I'm sure you've heard the story. Two missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints were walking along Locust Street. ...
Our secret Suddenly committee meetings have become more tolerable. Suddenly meetings with certain people have become pleasant. I've been hearing impaired since age fourteen. For decades each testing professional would declare that I had lost even more of my hearing but that they couldn't do anything to help. I became very good at reading lips; speakers would remark on how I had such good eye contact with them!...
Memory of 1988 We've just endured nearly 16 consecutive days of temperatures over 90 degrees with several additional days over 100 degrees. We are now officially in a declared drought area of the State with our water levels several inches below normal. Indianapolis has declared a water emergency and tickets are being given to people who even water their lawn...
Instant oatmeal This happened on Memorial Day just weeks ago. It happened here in Greencastle. The names have been changed to protect the innocent ... I needed one item so I walked into Kroger's with just the right amount of cash to purchase that one item. And, walking back to the cashier's station, I discovered one of those too-good-to-be-true deals. Regular Quaker Instant Oatmeal was on sale for 99 cents a box, a savings of $2.95 per box! What a great deal!...
Fundraising idea! The primary is over, the election is months away, so I can write about this without ruffling too many feathers. Maybe ... People in public leadership have to be very careful about taking public stances on issues and elections. It simply goes with the territory of the positions in which we serve...
Sock Theology Religious people from every tradition I know have to ask the question. People I know who are spiritual but not attached to a tradition still have to process their own answers and understanding. How do you "know" when you are in the presence of something much greater than you, The Divine, or even the energies of the Universe? And, perhaps even greater in scope, do you "create" that sense of being in the holy?...
Shrinking Maybe I am the only person it bothers. Products keep shrinking in size! I know that times are rough and that companies must adapt. Change occurs and stores are only trying to do what makes sense given customer demand, need, and financing. Yet ... I am tired of paying more for coffee at the grocery store and only getting "240 cups of coffee" instead of the "270 cups" in plastic containers that look the same size. ...
Secondary damage I had coffee with Dave Powell last Wednesday. He is an old college friend, ordained pastor in my denomination, and also serves as the denomination's Disaster Response Coordinator for the State of Indiana. His last 10 days had been rather busy in response to Tuesday's tornadoes and Friday's killing tornadoes, all in Southern Indiana...
Several weeks ago You would be surprised at how many requests churches receive daily from emails asking for money and assistance. My secretary will forward on to me ones that seem different than the others. So, 15 to 25 will get my personal attention on an average day...
Adam I am not a big American Idol fan but I remember the publicity about Adam Lambert, the runner-up on the ninth season. He successfully launched his first release and toured across the world despite the occasional controversies with his performances. In the last sixth months I've read several articles about how his new release would be expanding his musical range. ...
It's that time of year! Maybe I've been watching too many Goodwill commercials on television. I'm standing in my clothes closet deciding which clothes I'm ready to box up and send on their way. Then I stop in my tracks. Before me are the 16 shirts and four pairs of pants I purchased during the winter months last year. I had great fun catching all the sales and bothering all the salespersons while I was shopping weekend after weekend...
Some things you just don't change I'm getting ready to do something which I only do once a year. I'm getting ready to purchase a new bottle of shampoo. Don't laugh! As a bald headed man with short hair I usually purchase a new bottle of shampoo around the first of the year. I go for the cheaper 22.5-ounce size and, believe it or not, it will usually last the entire year. In other words, I don't need much and, in other words, a little bit will go a long way!...
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P.T. Wilson is the senior pastor at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church, Greencastle, and is also the University Chaplain at DePauw University.
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