Innocence

Pictures like this remind Lisa and me about how innocent children can be. Anna hugging John Arthur and John enjoying it is a sight that seems too infrequent. :) More like it, they seem to fight and bicker with each other. LOL. Thank God for the moments like this that remind us of innocence.

Blessings to you for a Happy and Safe 2009!

John & Lisa

Merry Christmas!

We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We pray God's richest blessings for you and your families.


John, Lisa, John Arthur, and Anna Claire
2008 Christmas

Daddy's Little Girl

Last week was the Christmas Program at church. Here is a picture of "Daddy's Little Girl." Both John and Anna were in the Musical and they all did a great job.


Blessings-

John & Lisa

Visitors from The North and the South

Christmas in Wilmore is always a festive time of the year. In this "Mayberry" city, the celebration of Christmas is a daylong event ending with the city meeting at the United Methodist Church and singing carols together. This year we had my parents from the Pennsylvania join us and John and Celia Evans from Georgia. My Dad, John, and I watched John Arthur play in a chess tournament that the morning (he won 3 of 5 games) while the girls went to craft displays and Hobby Lobby.

A word about Chess tournaments. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy being supportive of John Arthur and his activities, but chess tournaments are boring. We started at 7:30a for registration and the first game started at 9:30a. The last game ended at 5:30p and the awards were at 6:30p. Now, when a parent goes to a chess tournament, it is not like other scholastic events. We don't sit in a stadium and cheer our players on. There is not a marching band nor are there cheerleaders. The players are called to go into a room of tables where there is not any talking. The parents are not allowed to go in this "room." They play their game and come out and wait for the next game. The spectators -- if you want to use that word -- sit in a lobby around tables and wait.

Chess is definitely not a contact sport -- I am not suggesting that it should be one. But maybe a little more cheering, pep-bands, and a halftime show would be nice. :D

My Thoughts...

John

The Atheist Uses the Bible

Over the last several weeks you have probably heard on the news or read in the paper about the “Anti-Religion” sign that was stolen from the Capitol Rotunda in Olympia, WA. This sign was placed next to the Christ Manger scene by the Atheists. This is what the sign reads:

“At this season of THE WINTER SOLSICE May reason prevail.

There are no gods

No devils

No angels

No heaven or hell

There is only

Our natural world

Religion is but a myth

And superstition

that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.”

The part that I just love is when the sign was finally returned, the Atheist group that put it up placed a small placard over the top Left Hand corner of the sign that read…“Thou Shalt Not Steal”! Now where do you think they got that line from? Huh?

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The Longview Daily News, December 6, 2008