2024 fall trip – part 3: growth of cotton in South Carolina up to the Civil War
With a few days to explore this area of South Carolina before our granddaughter’s soccer game, we saw that the local town of Bishopville had a Cotton Museum. Since we...
2024 fall trip – part 2: Kalmia Gardens was a lovely stop in Hartsville
When we looked at what to do around Hartsville, one of the highlights we read about was Kalmia Gardens, so off we went. Besides seeing this lovely garden area, we...
2024 fall trip – part 1: prep for a trip, familiar stops, and lemonade out of lemons
After multiple medical appointments here and there during the summer, we started to prep for our “annual” fall trip to see our Florida family. Before we could take off, however,...
2024 in-between times – part 4: a devotional/study of Matthew’s Gospel
Over the past 10 years or so, I’ve been working on a devotional/study of Matthew’s Gospel. As a former tax collector who kept meticulous notes, Matthew wrote down everything he...
2024 in-between times – part 3: spiritual warfare, spiritual gifts, and spiritual maturity studies on Walks With the Father
Time this fall was spent working on these 3 new studies for individuals or small groups. If you’ve been wondering why your spiritual life hasn’t seemed to be going anywhere,...