It’s been a little over 18 months since my Mom died. She was relatively young… just 67. In the last year of her life a bone marrow disease quickly escalated and depleted her health. I am so thankful for the family reunion we had planned for the summer before she passed away. All the sisters [...]
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri may be the exciting news in ancient texts… but I think I might be able to rival it. I have uncovered the lost letters of Trapper Mark. This rare collection dates back to his high school and courtship days. Included are songs and poems, laments (lots of these), letters of admonition and [...]
So, here’s one more “hair” picture for those of you who have been craving more documentation of Mark’s “Jesus People” look.
Here’s Mark (on our honeymoon) getting ready to set the forests of WV on fire… no, wait, I mean refill our camping stove with fuel.
They really were wild and crazy times. Some habits die hard [...]
Last week one of our friends at seminary was surprised to find that an old high school picture had found its way onto the cover of the weekly student news bulletin. In an effort to console him, I brought some of our old wedding photos in to show him that our “old pictures” were more [...]
It has come to my attention (thanks DH) that I have neglected this blog for an entire week. In my defense I would like to say that it is less than 10 days until the April 15th tax deadline. While others have had the opportunity to wax on poetically or theologically, I have been wearing [...]