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Reflections on the future

April 2, 2011 in Miscellaneous with 0 Comments

Today I am traveling to Searcy, Arkansas to interview for a teaching position at Harding University. Here are a few thoughts I had along the way:

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Near Bald Knob, Arkansas
  1. 100 yards away from my house I already miss my bride and girls.
  2. Pure and unadulterated joy is seeing a sheriff’s car in your rearview mirror and notice that when it passes you it is from a distant county. Jurisdiction has its privileges.
  3. In about a month, I will be leaving active duty military status. This reserve thing sure has kept us moving and uncertain about the future the past four years.
  4. The Meadowbrook church of Christ in Jackson, MS is as just as friendly and welcoming the last time I visited – four years earlier. I love their stain glass windows also – something you just don’t see enough of in a church of Christ.
  5. I will never have enough pictures of the sunset.
  6. I listened to a guy named Donald Miller, a guy that I’d never heard of before I clicked on a link on Facebook put there byPatrick Mead. I plan on reading (listening) to a lot more of him.
  7. The 2000 Dodge Caravan needs a new fuel filter, which I purchased at an Auto-zone on the way. Thankfully, I only need to remove the engine, transmission, and gas tank during a full moon and summon the ghost of Elvis. Not sure what Elvis has to do with this, but I am pretty sure the same skill level is needed for both.
Praying the interview will go well tomorrow.

Red Sky At Night

January 23, 2008 in Miscellaneous with 1 Comment

This beautiful sunrise occurred in 2004 on my way to work in Little Rock. The photo was snapped near I-40. It reminds me of the proverb that a red sky in the morning means that bad weather is eminent – or if you prefer “Red sky in morning – sailors take warning. Red sky at night – sailors delight.” Although commuting is getting old, I think God places these kinds of incredible sunrises as a kind of bonus for having to get up early and fight the completely unnecessary traffic.