Posts from June 2022

Adjustment: A Part Of Life

Thankfully, I realized about thirty years ago that adjustment was a part of life and you have to accept it. I have for the most part learned to live with this truth. Change is simply inevitable. If we live long enough we will experience a wide variety of transitions and decisions involved with our choices. I am one who is somewhat fond of the comfort zone and that had been my focus throughout childhood and youth and young adult years.…

Deserved Commendations

This morning I feel led to offer some well-deserved commendations for services rendered to good old PSBC and of course our Maker, God Himself. First, I think our interim search committee deserves a shout-out. Committee chair Randy McBride and members of the group Ben Brooks, Kerri Melton, and Heather Bryson did a superb job of securing a qualified, caring pastor for our interim. During a time when interims and pastors are hard to find our paths crossed with this compassionate…

Refresh… How?

As a rather new computer guy, I have found that I am somewhat limited in my interaction and activity on my laptop. I have realized I will be in trouble when I retire and will not be able to call Katherine in the Poplar Springs I.T. department when I find myself lost and confused in the world of computers. Kim is a former software programmer who worked with some small companies and eventually with IBM when I was in seminary.…

The Flay Carpenter Golf Tournament

I quit playing golf, I believe it was on October 13th, 1993 at the Pine Mountain Golf Course at approximately 2:58 pm. I had consistently played on two fairways that day for each hole. My best shot was a drive that landed in the middle of a body of water. I was just pleased that the ball left the ground. Drives were supposed to do this but instead mine often just left a flaming trail on the earth beneath the…