Category Archives: (Gene)tic Rantings

An Old Preacher’s Admonition: Please, Quit!

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Gene

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 →

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The Greybeard Chronicles: Why I said nothing at the moment of truth

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Gene

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 →

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The GreyBeard Chronicles: Choices and the Men Who Make Them

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Gene

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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The Greybeard Chronicles: Small Minds, Large Appetites

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Gene

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 →

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