Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.15.08 in Uncategorized
Last Sunday I sent out the weekly sermon email to over 4000 people. I just found out that the sermon didn’t reach most of the AOL subscribers on the list. We had over 450 bounce-backs, a much larger figure than normal. Nearly all of them were AOL subscribers. Evidently that happened because I had to go through a proxy …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.2.08 in Uncategorized
We spent all morning and part of the afternoontalking with Derek Taylor via Skype technology. A mid-morning shot of our living room. Note the twobasset hounds that joined our meeting. Lynette, Alan and Peter listen as Derek explains the new website. Dudley is flopped between Marlene and Dave while Parker lies at his feet. …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.31.08 in Uncategorized
In the post just below this one, I mention Gary Olson who died in 1999. He has been on my mind lately because I received an email from a young man who wanted a picture he could use on a Facebook page created for former Oak Park-River Forest (IL) football players. When I realized that I didn’t have any digital pictures …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.31.08 in Interviews, Uncategorized
Tomorrow I’m being interviewed on American Family Radio from 10-11 AM (Central Time) as part of the monthly program “Fire Away!” Here’s the topic for the program: Does the Bible support capitalism or Communism?” Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association, sent me this further explanation:What I wo …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.26.08 in Personal, Uncategorized
Today is Marlene’s birthday, and I want to wish her Happy Birthday, and to say publicly how glad I am to be married to her for 33 years. Having been around so many old-timers (including one couple that has been married for 69 years!) this week, I realize that in many ways, we’ve only just begun. I am a blessed m …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.25.08 in Uncategorized
Although he is only 22 years old, James Maxwell is the interim campus minister at Heidelburg College in Ohio. He attended Oak Park Christian Academy. Sounds like he has a very effective ministry with his fellow students.
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.4.08 in Internet/Blogging, Personal, Travel, Uncategorized
A few quick notes . . .1) Tonight we are getting ready for our first ministry trip of 2008. Tomorrow we leave for a nine-day trip to Bolivia where we will minister to missionaries serving with the South America Mission. To get there we will drive to Memphis, fly to Miami where we will spend the night, then on Sunday we fly …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.3.08 in Interviews, Uncategorized
Friday morning I’m doing an interview on “Islam and the Bible” on American Family Radio from 10-11 AM CDT. The exact topic is “What the Bible says/What Islam says.” I’ll be doing the interview with Marvin Sanders and Kerby Anderson. You can hear the broadcast by going to American Family Radio and then clicking o …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.15.07 in Uncategorized
The folks at Merriam-Webster have announced the the 2007 word of the year, based on the votes of thousands of readers. The winning word is . . . w00t!That’s right. There actually is a word called w00t. Note the double zeros, which makes it seem like something out of science fiction, which isn’t far off the mark …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.7.07 in Uncategorized
Overheard in Sunday School last week . . .”Why did the Wise Men smell like smoke? Because the Bible says they came from afar.”The class convulsed in laughter although I didn’t get it at first. It helps if you hear someone say it with a deep Southern accent.
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