Posted on February 6, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
Yesterday was National Signing Day. For those of you who don’t have any inkling as to what happens in the world of high school and college athletics, NSD is the day when all the athletes who have committed to participate in collegiate level sports, sign their letters of intent (LOI), officially committing them to a [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
Today is a really special day! I’m sure you can think of lots of reasons why it’s special, but for me it’s special because my son, Demi, turns eighteen today. Why is that so earth shattering? Well you’re probably asking that question because it’s been so long since you turned eighteen that you’ve forgotten what [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
Today history has been made! Today we inaugurated our first black president!! Today we began a new journey toward a new day!!! The question that should now become central to our thought is: What will this new day look like and what will it hold for us? I don’t really care how much the “talking [...]
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Posted on January 1, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
Hey, hey, hey! happy New Year!!!
Can you believe it? It’s now officially safe to bring out the “I Survived 2008 T-shirts.” We actually made it to 2009. Before you start making any snide comments about that, I’ll remind you that countless other people didn’t, so you really do have a reason to be thankful. So [...]
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Posted on December 23, 2008 by jthelmsdeep
According to reliable reports coming in from the fictitious town of Whoville, it is now an indisputable fact that the Grinch has stolen Christmas! Reported sightings of the ‘mean green monster’ carting away all the presents belonging to the entire town, have created an extreme sense of disillusionment amidst speculations that this might be the [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2008 by jthelmsdeep
It’s Thanksgiving Day in the USA! Many people are gathering with loved ones today to ‘endure’ turkey and tryptophan, while others are grateful for the day off from work so that they can indulge in a lazy day of vicariously living through professional football players, as they watch the traditional Thanksgiving Day games. Of course, [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2008 by jthelmsdeep
War can be a really funny thing! One of the irony’s of war is that we fight and kill so that we can live peaceful lives. Our world is so different from the one I was born into less than 50 years ago, and at any point in time on our planet, there are over [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2008 by jthelmsdeep
It’s a particularly special day for me today since it’s my wife Sola’s birthday. You might wonder what the fuss is all about, but for me it represents just one more opportunity to express (in a more special way) how precious she is to me. In this day and age where marriages hardly last any [...]
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Posted on July 4, 2008 by jthelmsdeep
“Today, we celebrate our Independence day….” Those words were forever immortalized in the movie Independence Day released a few years ago. There is something about American patriotism that is incredibly attractive. The respect for the flag, the commitment to fiercely protecting our way of life, and of course the liberty that we so freely enjoy [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2008 by jthelmsdeep
Our very effective and incredibly fun children’s ministry is called Kids Can. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then need I say more?
http://feeds.feedburner.com/SeasonsOfChange
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