Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.14.06 in Uncategorized
Today we attended a very fine church in Tupelo with beautiful music, a fine message, and a moving tribute to the mothers who were present. I happened to notice the following announcement in the bulletin: “Churchwide Blood Drive, Sunday, May 28th. New ’Elvis Coming Home’ T-Shirts for participants.” You can’ …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.13.06 in Uncategorized
This afternoon I saw United 93 with Marlene and Nick. She said it was an early Mother’s Day present since Nick left to go back to Birmingham this evening. We went to the 1:20 PM showing and there were perhaps 15 people in a 400-seat theater.The movie begins with no preamble, no narration, no words on the screen to set …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.13.06 in Uncategorized
A big Saturday shout out to Bob and Cathy Cosby in Logansport, IN, Jim and Robin Hibschman, Ron and Lillian Gabel, Jeff and Claudia Eaton in River Forest, IL, Chris Koepke of Here’s Life Inner City, New York, Eric Garland of WOLBI, Linda Pietrzak of Arlington Heights, IL, David Merriman in San Antonio, TX, Joyce White …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.12.06 in Uncategorized
1) Thought for the day: When God called Abram in Ur of the Chaldees, he promised to make him into a great nation and to bless the whole world through him. Of course Abram was a prosperous, middle-aged businessman with a large personal fortune. He and his wife Sarai had no children, and they had no prospects for having child …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.11.06 in Uncategorized
We drove all the way back from Chicago to our cabin in the woods in exactly 12 hours. Leaving Oak Park at 6:30 AM, we zipped down I-57, stopping for lunch at Lambert’s Cafe in Sikeston, MO, home of “throwed rolls”. Several years ago the Food Network voted Lambert’s one of the top ten home cooking restaurants in …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.10.06 in Uncategorized
Shirley Rose has just published The Eve Factor. Subtitled “Resisting and Overcoming Temptation,” the book includes chapters on unhealthy comparison, fear, worry, strife, complacency, and there is even a chapter on overactivity. Lynette Hoy and Ted Griffin have just published the second edition of What’s Good About Ang …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.9.06 in Uncategorized
Tonight Marlene and I attended the inaugural meeting of Keep Believing Ministries (KBM). Eight years ago I began to write in my journal a dream for starting this ministry. Many times since then I thought about it and prayed about it and once or twice almost got it started. Several months ago we concluded that the time had f …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.8.06 in Uncategorized
I’m doing two interviews today. . .Radio: Prime Time America on the Moody Broadcasting Network at 4:15 PM CDT. We’ll be talking about “Praying for Your Prodigal” that appeared in Part 1 and Part 2 as weblog entries.That topic has drawn the most response of anything I’ve written in the last month.TV: TLN Li …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.7.06 in Uncategorized
This morning I preached three times at Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church. I was delighted to fill the pulpit for my friend Colin Smith who was speaking this weekend in Arkansas. Several years ago I spoke at the church for the National Day of Prayer, and last year I filled the pulpit once when Colin was out of town. …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.6.06 in Uncategorized
Regular readers of this blog know that our oldest son Josh is marrying Leah Thayer in July. Today there was a wedding shower for some Chicago-area friends at a home in Oak Park. I am no expert on these things, since I can only remember attending one or two showers in my life, and never for the whole time. Leah’s paren …
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