It’s haying season on the farm and Dad was busy when I was up to visit this weekend.
He was getting ready to splice a belt that had broken on the hay baler. It’s an interesting contraption. Lots of little metal teeth are placed in a vice and the broken rubber belt is placed over it. [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Spliced back to life
Posted in Ministry, tagged I Peter 2:24 on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What Wal-Mart does right
Posted in Margin Call, tagged Wal-Mart on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wal-Mart used to be the place everyone made fun of. Now, it’s what everyone wants to be.
Target is plastering ads with claims that it has the lowest prices. They renamed their store brand “Up and Up.” How that is supposed to convey “low prices” I don’t know.
Like most Americans I have a love/hate relationship with [...]
Chicken Soup for the Dog
Posted in Ministry on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I will have a story appearing in the newest Chicken Soup for the Soul book. The theme of the book is “What I Learned From the Dog.”
The article I submitted is called “Being a True Buddy,” about our farm dog. Buddy was my Mom’s dog and when she passed away, Buddy missed her terribly. But [...]
