Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.21.08 in Personal
Can you wash an iPod the same way you wash clothes? And if you do, will it survive?The answer to both questions is yes . I learned this after doing some extensive field research this morning. It all started when Marlene commented on how messy my bookshelf has become. I can see her point because my view of a bookshelf is tha …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.13.08 in China, Current Events, Interviews, Personal, Word of Life
Various, mostly unrelated notes from hither and yon . . .William McGurn has some nice words about Wheaton College in the Wall Street Journal.Speaking of Wheaton, Eric Rubio had a great freshman year there.Several people have called or written to ask about Josh and Leah who teach English in Nanchang, China. After the devasta …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.11.08 in Personal
Woke up this morning and discovered we really were hit by an earthquake yesterday. It was only 3.1 in magnitude but it’s like they say, minor surgery is when they operate on someone else. According to the local paper, the quake was centered in Belden, a couple of miles from the west side of Tupelo, not far from our ho …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.10.08 in Personal, Tupelo
It’s been a strange week here in Tupelo. On Thursday a tornado blew through the area, damaging homes and buildings and downing tree but with no serious injuries. I think it’s left us all a bit jumpy. Earlier today our neighbor called to say that we ought to check our attic. When they checked theirs, they saw lig …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.5.08 in Personal, Second Coming, Travel, Tupelo
Monday Afternoon 1:57 PMIn the basement atMiss Sophie’s inPrague, Czech RepublicI am writing this note from Miss Sophie’s, a combination hostel/hotel in the heart of Prague. After we finished the Josiah Venture conference yesterday, Marlene and I rode the train (about 3 1/2 hours) from Ostrava to Prague. We got …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.27.08 in Personal
The most memorable part of the weekend happened on Friday afternoon, on the 50-mile drive from Tupelo to Oxford. As we were leaving, Alan called to say that the main road into Oxford was blocked because they were setting up for the Double Decker Festival, and instead of taking Highway 6, we should drive to New Albany and ta …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.21.08 in Personal
I sent out a new sermon last night and began my message by saying, “Greetings from Oak Park” and mentioned riding my bike yesterday. It was a brain freeze. We’re in Tupelo, not Oak Park. That’s what I get for writing the intro notes at midnight.
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.20.08 in Marriage and the Family, Personal
On Friday Marlene and I drove to Memphis for the wedding of Beth Hoeksema and Brandon Tierce. We had the rehearsal on Friday night and the wedding yesterday at 6 PM. After the reception we drove back to Tupelo (85 miles), arriving a few minutes past 11 PM. This morning Marlene remarked how much fun it was. I agree. I rememb …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.19.08 in Books, Personal
Broadman & Holman has just released a brand-new edition of Leadership Lessons of Jesus, a book I co-authored with Bob Briner. The new edition takes selected chapters from the two original volumes, “Leadership Lessons of Jesus” and “More Leadership Lessons of Jesus.” The result is a “best-of” that contains over 70 short …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.15.08 in Personal
When we arrived home last night from our trip to Chicago, Mark and Vanessa greeted us with the good news that Vanessa has been accepted as an incoming student at Dallas Theological Seminary. That means we will have four members of our family moving to Dallas this summer.It happened like this. Sometime last fall Mark began t …
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