Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.7.13 in Personal
Between trapezes. That’s how we feel at the moment.
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.11.13 in Personal, Travel, Word of Life
Tampa Airport3:26 PMAt the moment I’m hunched over my computer at a workstation near Gate E70 at the Tampa airport. In an hour I’ll board a flight for Atlanta and then another one to Tupelo. In seven hours I’ll be home.I’m here on a Friday afternoon, having just finished teaching the book of Daniel to 120 eager students at W…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.26.12 in Personal
Today I celebrate my 60th birthday. Somehow that seems like a milestone worth pondering. To begin with, I am happily surprised that I lived this long. On my little twig of the Pritchard family tree, our men generally don’t live a long time. My dad died when he was in his 50s, my uncle in his 40s, my grandfather when he was 70, two cousins in …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.29.12 in Devotional, Personal
I am learning many things from Knox, our fine grandson who turned two a few days ago.He was playing with his toys and throwing a ball and singing and running across the room (he does this all at the same time because he is a very smart boy–and busy too) when suddenly he stopped, looked at me, and said, “Wristwatch,” or something v…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.26.12 in Devotional, Personal
Here are two things I’ve learned (or more accurately, re-learned) about the will of God recently:1. No one else can make your decisions for you.2. No one can guarantee how things will turn out.Last week before we accepted the offer on our home in Tupelo, and as we pondered our own future, I told Marlene that I realized I really wished two thi…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.25.12 in Personal
This was in our attic.More accurately, this is part of what was in our attic.Now that we have sold our home in Tupelo, the packing has started in earnest. While Marlene worked on the guest bedroom, I started hauling things down from the attic. After watching many episodes of “Storage Wars,” I was hopeful of finding something extremely v…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.24.12 in Personal
Regarding my skydiving adventure, a few questions and a few answers:Q: What in the world possessed you to do something like this?I turn 60 in September so our son Nick thought it would be a good idea to give me the gift of jumping out of an airplane. Q: Is this something you’ve wanted to do?Yes, it’s been on my “bucket list&r…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.17.12 in Personal, Travel
This morning we’re traveling from Tupelo to Cannon Beach, Oregon for a week of ministry at Cannon Beach Conference Center. If I counted right, this is my tenth time since 2006 to speak at a Cannon Beach event. I was first invited to speak there as part of Moody Week. Since then I’ve been back at least once every year.This time we’…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.3.12 in Personal
It happened almost 40 yeas ago. During my third year of seminary, I was invited to preach at a church in Oxford, Mississippi. The church at the time was without a pastor so I was asked to preach at both the morning and evening services. That morning I preached what I regarded as my “best” sermon, a message on the parable of the seed and…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.13.12 in Keep Believing Ministries, Personal, Sermons
One week ago the sermon email list went over the 10,000 mark for the first time. That’s a significant milestone that was 14 years in the making. I started sending out sermons by email in 1998 shortly after we returned from a trip to India. I started with about 20 names on my list, a handful of friends who wanted to read the sermon they heard …
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