Grandma Lowe stands alone

I'm no longer embarrassed to sit while the congregation stands, although  I feel as if I'm missing something from the service.  It's better than having a dizzy spell, and my cardiologist tells me that getting up and down is hard on the heart.

Sitting while the congregation stands is not very noticeable, but standing while the rest of the congregation sits is a different story, one my dad told me about Grandma Lowe.   The congregation was sitting during the singing of a hymn, but Grandma wasn't sitting.  She continued to stand and sing even as the entire congregation remained seated .  Finally, the minister motioned for everyone to stand.  If grandma wouldn't join in sitting, everyone was  invited to stand with her. 

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope you and your family have a wonderful day.   Looking back most of us can find something that did not leave us perfectly happy but we need to remember and be thankful for all the good things that we enjoyed.

Obamacare still smells like a mad skunk

Just three more days and Health.Gov. is supposed to be operating truthfully and we will be healthier and happier.  If you are like me, you still  don't understand clearly what Obamacare will do to your health plan,what it will cost, what doctors you can see, etc.

According to some information I have seen, Obamacare will cost the working family $5,875 in taxes, fees, and premium increases.  We will have to deal with not only the largest tax increase in history but with the most changes ever in our health system.

How many people will lose their health coverage? Some estimates are as high as 90 million, even more if one third  of employers stop offering health coverage.

Another little concern --  the nation will add 6.2 trillions to the long-term federal debt.  Most of us can only suffer and wait until Obama lets us finally  know what our fate will be.

A faint memory from boot camp

"You will have plenty of time to eat when you have completed your work" .  It was about the middle of boot camp when our company had mess cooking duties, serving the food and cleaning up. We were very busy and couldn't grab any food if we wanted to.

Desert was chocolate pie, too  tempting for me to pass up.  I managed to sneak a piece, and then another. In a few minutes I had consumed an entire pie.  Lucky for me because the company commander decided there wasn't time for us to eat before going back on duty.

I smiled to myself; I wasn't hungry.  Later as we marched, ran and did calisthenics, I felt very ill. Too much  pie.  For years after this I could not eat chocolate pie.

Hide your face in shame, America

Obama's Rebels slaughtered 45 Syrian Christians this week and were rewarded wiith more arms and money by our government.  Earlier this month Obama's group murdered 70 Christians -- innocent men, women and children whose only crime was being Christians and living in a Christian village.

When the 70 were killed I called on American and other Christians to cry out to our so-called leaders to take action  -- at the least to quit  arming the murdering Rebels who boast of their campaign too kill all Christians.  Are we all a bunch of cowards?  Let us force Obama and his cohorts to abandon those "Rebels."

That is only some of  the evil being done in our name.  Obama and Kerry are dealing with Iran, asking for a slow down in building and  situating nuclear weapons to strike at Israel.  In return, the United States will reward Iran with our money.  Our state department, led by Kerry, refused as part of the deal to demand the release of the Christian minister. No guts, no integrity-- that's who represent American.

I remember it -- the Doolittle raid

How great it is that the four survivors of the Doolittle raid on Japan will be honored with the Omar R. Bradley "Spirit of Independence Award" December 31.  The award will be presented during the Independence Bowl.

The raid on Japan from planes aboard ships came April 18, 1942,  only  a few months after Japan started World II by attacking Pearl Harbor December 7,1941.  The raid struck Tokyo and boosted American morale during a dark time for America.

I wonder how many people who lived though the war remember the raid and how proud and happy that it was a success although a number of pilots became prisoners of the Japanese. Bravery of that kind should be saluted.

Jessica a leader at "Explorations."

Daughter Jessica has returned to North Carolina from Denver where she was a member of a group representing Duke Seminary at a conference termed Explorations.  Thirteen seminaries from all parts of the country made presentations and answered questions from participants considering a religious career.

Two years ago Jessica was a participant at the meeting held in St. Louis. She was sponsored by the Louisiana Methodist Conference then; Duke sponsored her this year as a leader helping to present Duke to the participants.