Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.16.07 in Personal
Yesterday we moved into our new home in Tupelo. After nearly two years of living in the cabin in the woods, we moved into a home on the west side of the city, in a nice subdivision near the airport. Herewith a few reflections on the whole process:1) The decision to buy a home in Tupelo came as a surprise to us. We told many …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.15.07 in Personal
Today Marlene went for her two-year breast cancer checkup. The results were excellent. At the two year mark, there is no sign of cancer. Two years ago this moth she had her first biopsy and would soon have her second. Those were anxious, trying, frightening days. As I have told many people, cancer looks different on the oth …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.26.07 in Personal
Today was bright and beautiful in Birmingham. It seemed fitting for the day when our youngest son would graduate from college. We calculated that Josh entered college in the fall of 1998 and Nick graduated in the spring of 2007, making a full decade of having sons in college. And then we figured out that Josh entered Second …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.23.07 in Personal, Travel
This morning we are packing for the start of another long trip. In a few hours we’re leaving for Birmingham for Nick’s graduation this Saturday from Samford University. We’re going early because I’m speaking tonight at 6:30 PM at CrossPoint Church in Trussville, a suburb on the NE side of Birmingham. …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.22.07 in Marriage and the Family, Personal
Do you remember where you were 25 years ago today—May 22, 1982? I didn’t until I talked with my sister-in-law Betty who told me that she and Andy got married 25 years ago today. I had no idea it had been that long. When Andy got on the phone, I commented that it’s hard to believe that 25 years have passed. “Yea …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.19.07 in Personal
The big news is that we bought a home in Tupelo this week. Marlene and I are both amazed at how God brought all the pieces together. Because we are here for only a couple of weeks, we wanted to get a contract before we left again. In just a few days . . .We found a realtor we liked,Marlene looked at a lot of homes, andI loo …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.12.07 in Personal
Reflections on the last seven days . . .Last Sunday morning I preached for my friend Colin Smith at Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church in suburban Chicago. This was my third time to preach there on Sunday morning, and I commented that by the third time you no longer feel like a visitor but more like an extended membe …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.30.07 in Personal
Lee Roberson died yesterday morning at the age of 97. It is a mark of the passing years that most of my readers will not recognize his name. In 1942 he became the pastor of Highland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Under his leadership it became one of the largest churches in America. A few years after arrivin …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.14.07 in Personal
Tomorrow morning I am preaching at Woodward Avenue Baptist Church in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. This is a special treat for a number of reasons. Muscle Shoals is only a few miles from Russellville, the small town in northwest Alabama where I grew up. Back in the late 60s, when we wanted to take our dates to “the big city,” we …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.29.07 in Books, Current Events, Personal
Scattershooting on a beautiful day in northeast Mississippi . . .1) Josh, Mark and Nick have started a three-brothers blog called A Thousand Words. Mark is the prophet, Nick is the humorist, and Josh is the philosopher.2) You can listen online to my sermon called “Ballistic Christianity” preached last Sunday at Pontiac Bibl …
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