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You can’t ease into a street fight.
Former St. Louis Rams DL D’Marco Murray
Sound advice from Zaxby’s wall…
Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
~Samuel Butler
(A good thing for the “that’s-so-30-seconds ago” generation to learn. Everything you know today is the cumulation of knowledge built over the long haul.)

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Category Archives: (Gene)tic Rantings
An Old Preacher’s Admonition: Please, Quit!
Years ago, when I was a young pastor in California, some well-meaning chowderhead gave me a book titled, Dear Preacher, Please Quit! (If you were that chowderhead, I apologize…for not telling you sooner.) The book’s author was no Rhodes’ scholar. … Continue reading
Posted in (Gene)tic Rantings, Church, Faith, Preaching and Preachers, Sermons, Worship
Tagged Church, Faith, preachers, Preaching, Roy Branson
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The Greybeard Chronicles: Why I said nothing at the moment of truth
What will you do when standing up means standing out? It is easy to talk tough until it is tough to talk. Everybody is ready to do something until something must be done. The reason we revere the founders of … Continue reading
Posted in (Gene)ric Ramblings, (Gene)tic Rantings, Greybeard Chronicles, Life Experience
Tagged America, Change, Character, Courage, Life
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The GreyBeard Chronicles: Choices and the Men Who Make Them
I do not choose this road I take; It chooses me by the choices I make. ~Yours Truly This morning, I woke up thinking about my life. Where I am. What I’m doing. Where I should be. I thought about … Continue reading
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Tagged Choices, Christian Living, Decisions, Faith, journey, Life, Observations
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The Greybeard Chronicles: Small Minds, Large Appetites
I am in a McDonald’s…in a mall…in Mobile, Alabama. A girl with vacant eyes waits rather impatiently behind the counter for me to decide. “I will have a Number Two, please.” For the uninformed, that is two small cheeseburgers, fries … Continue reading
