by MJR | Jun 30, 2009 | Focus on Living
This week I travelled to Mt. Vernon, Kentucky to attend a court hearing related to the murder of my Dad twenty years ago. While we waited for our case to be presented there was a series of other cases ranging from the failure to pay child support to what seemed to be...
by MJR | Jun 24, 2009 | Focus on Living
Twenty years ago I worked with a group of people who organized the first Great American Hot Air Balloon Race in Danville, Kentucky. Imagine what it looked like to see more than two dozen colorful balloons floating over the college town in Central Kentucky. Quite a...
by MJR | Jun 15, 2009 | Focus on Living
Remember doing donuts in a parking lot or driving a bit recklessly? Every three years or so, my employer requires an advanced driving course where I am asked to practice driving in some simulated hazardous conditions. Sounds like fun? It is, really, but the goal is to...
by MJR | Jun 10, 2009 | Focus on Living
Second Generation Christians? Recently I heard a respected, nationally know Christian leader refer to what he called – “second generation Christians”. He defined them as people who know all the right things to say and do within the church framework because they...
by MJR | May 25, 2009 | Focus on Living
On Friday mornings I have breakfast with a friend. During the course of our conversation, he brought up the trouble he was experiencing with a computer and printer at work. While I am no computer expert, I offered a couple of ideas to troubleshoo the problem. I...
by MJR | May 12, 2009 | Focus on Living
This week I was reading S.D. Gordon’s Quiet Talks about Following the Christ. He writes that Jesus “chose to live the dependent life. He recognized that everything He was, and had, and could do, was received from the Father, and could be at its true best only as the...
