My friend sent me this from one of the Tea Parties.    This is a Tea Party that my bro t her-in-law Bob and his wife Judy went to yesterday afternoon in Villa Rica Ga.   Most people don't even know the second verse of The Star Spangled Banner but here it is, hope you enjoy it, they certainly did.  Judy and Bob are not visable in the video but they were four rows directly beyond the singer.  It was an absolutely wonderful party, wi...

I've seen death before.  I've known tragedy.  Who hasn't?  My personal life has been largely untouched by death in that I've not had any close relatives leave me yet, but I know it's coming eventually and I'm not sure how I'll handle it.  My parents and brothers and their families are still alive.  My grandmother speaks of death almost everytime I speak to her now.  She's ready to go and because of her advanced age, I will be ready to accept it when i...

Wow.  Just wow!  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/07/helen-thomas-retire-effective-immediately/?test=latestnews Talk about serious foot in mouth disease.  Helen Thomas really has it bad.  My 92 year old grandmother says when you get very old you can say anything you wish because people will just laugh thinking you're senile and just blow you off.  In other words, you're supposed to be able to say things as an old person you'd never get away ...

GO CELTICS!    http://www.nba.com/playoffs2010/finals/?cid=playoffs_Google15079  

One of the hottest topics today, of course, is illegal immigration.  Lots of opinions vary as to how this should be handled.  But basically it really comes down to they either leave or they stay.  If the United States really wanted to close the border to Mexico, they could quite easily.  Really.  There's more behind all this than meets the eye.  I mean, if we can put a man on the moon we can close a border.  So what's the real story?&...

I love the heat.  I love the sunshine.  I love to see green grass for more than half the year. When I lived in New England, I would have the worst case of cabin fever around February-March.  I couldn't stand it.  It's all a distant memory now.  While I still love New England and still consider it home in many ways, I love my new adopted state so much.  It's not fun running in the humidity,  but it's not as bad as running in snow.  I love the fac...

I would guess that almost everyone has had a possession or two stolen by someone who had no business taking it whether it be a stolen wallet, purse, something in their car or their home. We've all been there.  When this happens depending on the item(s) it can be a very violating experience.  How dare someone take something of mine they had no right even touching?    When my husband and I were building our first home we had a whole pallet of roof shingles ...

Eve led her husband into rebellion against God, and he allowed her to do so.  So now what?  Well we do know the first thing they did was hide.  From each other and then from God.  They sewed themselves clothing the best they could from fig leaves.  And they waited.  Genesis 3:8-11 says: "And they heard the voice of God walking in the garden in the cool of the day and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord among the trees of the ga...

Everything changed in the Garden of Eden after the tempation.  It started out so well but ended so awful.  All because Eve entered into a discussion with a serpent showing us that entering into a discussion with the devil is always a bad idea.  Genesis 3:1 says: "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord god had made.  And he said to the woman, 'has God said you shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"  So why was it ...

Last weekend I was asked to speak at a woman's luncheon for Mother's Day.  When I inquired as to what they wished for a subject matter they left it up to me.  So I thought about it for a day or so.  Then I came up with Eve.  Why not?  Afterall she was the mother of us all.  Since I've never heard a Mother's Day Sermon on this topic I decided I'd tackle it myself.    Woman are important to God and He makes that very clear thru His written Word. ...

Someone told me this joke and I thought it was cute.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!  Gave me a chuckle.    A pastor's wife was expecting a baby, so he stood before the congregation and asked for a raise.  After much discussion, they passed a policy that whenever the preacher's family expanded, so would his paycheck.   After six children, this started to get expensive and the congregation decided to hold another meeting to di...

Someone told me this joke and I thought it was cute.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!  Gave me a chuckle.    A pastor's wife was expecting a baby, so he stood before the congregation and asked for a raise.  After much discussion, they passed a policy that whenever the preacher's family expanded, so would his paycheck.   After six children, this started to get expensive and the congregation decided to hold another meeting to di...

I want to tell you a true story.  It's ancient history now but it's a beautiful story of God's love for all mankind.  God looked down, saw a mess and knew something had to be done to reconcile us to Him saving us from what would be a terrible end otherwise.  It all starts with a man called Abraham.  Years after the events of the original story James wrote this:  "Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar...

Well maybe not a whole one, but I did have alligator today for the first time ever.  I wasn't sure what to expect but decided to give it a try since I've never eaten anything "odd" before.  I had a chance back in Montana years and years ago to eat buffalo but I balked at it.  To me, a New Englander born and bred, eating an alligator or a buffalo (even in the form of a burger) would be considered odd.  Funny since eating a bright red lobster or a steamed clam dipp...

I was on Sean Hannity's show last night.  Did you see me?  We had a great spot to watch his show.  Sean came to town here to spend the day with us.  I was able to be present when he did his live radio broadcast and later when he did his 9 pm TV show.  The show was taped at 6:15 pm to be later broadcasted last night. While I didn't watch the TV last night I heard that I was in it as the camera scanned the crowd and caught me waving.  It was ...