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Kelly has been missing for 6 months. Her story is told in the above video. More details are in this WRAL archive.
I will be leading a prayer vigil for Kelly in Butner, NC at the Central Avenue Butner Park this coming Saturday at 7pm. Please join us. If you cannot be at the vigil in [...]

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A Character Study of Absalom
and Comment on the Upcoming Election
Absalom was David’s fifth son, the first being the child who died after his affair with Bathsheba, the second Solomon by Bathsheba, the third Amnon by Ahinoam, the fourth Chileab by Abigail, and fifth but not last, Absalom by Maacah. The first story of Absalom, who [...]

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Susan received her ESV-SB hardcover yesterday. Scott got his ESV-SB Trutone too. Scott said, “That Study Bible is like having Jesus right there with you.” From down the hall, we heard Brad say, “He is, Scott.”
My calfskin ESV-SB won’t ship until next week. Besides using it in my devotional reading with Susan, I look forward [...]

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A Character Study of Eli
Eli was the great-grandson of Aaron (Exo 6:23-24 shows Eli’s father, Elkanah, in the Aaronic line) and so, being in that priestly lineage, we find him as both Judge and Priest at Shiloh when he is first mentioned in Scripture (1Sa 1:3). This introduction is one of an old priest, since [...]

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I’m not sure why I like photographing sunflowers. A year ago, I was shooting fields of them and a few weeks ago, I was after them again. I never thought of sunflowers as a cash crop. The seeds? Yes. The flowers? No. But there they were, at the Williamsburg, VA, farmers’ market. Dozens of dozens [...]

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Susan gave me an iPod for Christmas. It was a total surprise and a great gift. At first, I didn’t think it was a gift for me. However, as usual, she listens to me better than I hear myself. For some time, I have been downloading sermons from SermonAudio.com. I have transferred some of them [...]

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The big news at our house this year was that Miriam married Dan Vines on September 2nd. Our thanks to many of you who made the trip from near and far to celebrate that day with them. Dan is the Assistant Manager for Gamestop in Randleman and Miriam is Staff Assistant for “Duke in New [...]

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Speaking of birds… Yesterday, this huge hawk was in my back yard…I think trying to wrestle a baby bird from a nest in one of our crepe myrtle trees. He was fairly ticked with me when I came out the back door and defied him. (He acted like he was going to take me on, [...]

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Susan made some window cushions for the parsonage that look very nice. As she says, “It only took me five years to get them made.” Hmmm. Some of my projects—started when we moved in here—are still not finished! Anyway, the cats are sure happy she got it accomplished.

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I wish I could get as comfy as my cat, Pax, can get. He has become quite the snuggler. If he can’t get close enough to me, he’ll find some other cozy place. And if he isn’t laying up against it, he’s reclining instead.

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