Words fail to describe the impact of Dr. Clyde Cook on my life, the life of my family, and the lives of untold thousands he touched during his distinguished life and ministry. More personal thoughts will follow later. For now, here is an excellent article reprinted courtesy of Assist News Service. Dr. Clyde Cook, former […]
A Giant Has Left Us: Clyde Cook with the Savior
April 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on A Giant Has Left Us: Clyde Cook with the Savior · Character, Friends, Influencers, Leadership, Spiritual Journey
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A Double Tragedy . . . and a Friend Is Lost
March 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on A Double Tragedy . . . and a Friend Is Lost · Friends
The sad story was the lead story on Dallas TV news tonight. Rufus and Lynn Flint Shaw dead in a murder-suicide. The pain that led to this event must have been immense. Who can blame them for feeling it so deeply. After years of involvement with city hall and the arts programs of Dallas, Lynn […]
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William Butler Yeats on Tragedy & Joy
February 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on William Butler Yeats on Tragedy & Joy · Honest Reflections, Spiritual Journey, Uncategorized
William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and Nobel Prize for Literature winner, captures my aging sense of the flow of life in this fallen and broken world: “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him during temporary periods of joy.” This life is full of thorns and thistles. God didn’t make the […]
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Warm Frost on a Winter's Day
February 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Warm Frost on a Winter's Day · Values
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy […]
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Simon & Garfunkel on a Winter's Day
February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Simon & Garfunkel on a Winter's Day · Honest Reflections, Uncategorized
A winter’s day In a deep and dark December; I am alone, Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I’ve built walls, A fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship […]
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Ain't Talkin'
February 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Ain't Talkin' · Character, Uncategorized
As I walked out tonight in the mystic garden The wounded flowers were dangling from the vine I was passing by yon cool crystal fountainSomeone hit me from behind Ain’t talkin’, just walkin’Through this weary world of woeHeart burnin’, still yearnin’No one on earth would ever knowThey say prayer has the power to healSo pray […]
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Am I a True Friend to Anyone? They to Me?
February 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Am I a True Friend to Anyone? They to Me? · Spiritual Journey
Tim Keller, once again, said something that drove deep into my soul: “A true friend always lets you in . . . and never lets you down.” Am I that kind of friend to anyone? I think so. I hope so. I have a few people in my life who return that favor. But not […]
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"Life is futile, life is vain . . . "
February 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on "Life is futile, life is vain . . . " · Honest Reflections
The ancient preacher who penned the Book of Ecclesiastes was more than a cynic, he was a wise man who correctly assessed the futility of life. Unlike Faulkner, he did not conclude that life was entirely worthless, nonetheless I think he would have a measure of agreement with the Southern sage: “When the shadow of […]
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John Baer Suddenly Departed . . .
February 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on John Baer Suddenly Departed . . . · Friends, Honesty & Candor
Here is how the obituary reads: John R. Baer, beloved husband and father, lifelong lover of sports cars, cooking, dogs and the arts, John Baer passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. Born August 10, 1943 in New York City, John was educated at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He spent the first […]
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Scattershooting after the Passing of a Friend
January 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Scattershooting after the Passing of a Friend · Family, Friends, Leadership
Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to Mean Joe Greene of 1980s moving and memorable Coca-Cola Super Bowl commercial . . . Lost another old friend to cancer this past week. Jerry Formanek, a gracious and selfless man of considerable intellect and remarkable patience, went to be with His Lord after a long battle with lymphoma. […]
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