Historical Fiction

Just finished reading an interesting historical fiction novel: “Double Play” by Robert B Parker, about Jackie Robinson’s bodyguard, a former wounded Marine veteran.

At Camp SPdL, I somehow wrangled being able to perform Top Ten Lists in front of the campers into kinda hosting the after supper / before worship time, handing off to the camp president for his time.

Then on my kids Living Science retreats which lasted the better part of a week, I was able to perform similar comedy duties there before the evening worship time, so much so that the very stodgy school leaders would come to me and ask for a particular skit to be performed – and giving me only an hour or so to come up with it. A lot of fun.

Was just reminded of a time just after college (1983?) when my GT BSU friend Dave Travis was youth director at FBC Lithonia, and he had me help him with a junior high retreat. When it was time for me to speak, I introduced myself as “I am Dave Murphy, and I am loads o’fun”. For the rest of the weekend the kids called me “Loads” – like “Hey Loads!”

My Sunday School class is big into foreign missions. It would be good at some point to visit the sent ones that we support and know so well, in Pakistan, India, Cambodia, Spain, Morocco, and other places. But I would be more interested in mission trips inside the US, to New York City or Alaska or wherever the Olympics are held.

Was thinking about how we have so many countries represented here in our little office of 32 people. Of our little 5 person team, two are from South America. Daniel and Dany are Korean and Karolina is from Turkey, and Danny is also from South America. That’s 6 out of 32. Plus Crystal is from north of Buford, Alex is from Moultrie, Brad from Missouri, Lauren from Wisconsin, Ben from Gainesville, and Steve from Dawsonville. Not to mention Shane from West Virginia.

Ceil originally only moved to Atlanta for one year, though I had already met her while visiting Glenn Cowart after he moved to Columbia SC, where Glenn and Ceil went to church together

Tonight the Braves celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1995 World Championship team. Smoltz, Maddux, and Glavine threw out the first pitch. Their catchers were Schwellenbach, Sean Murphy, and rookie phenom Hudson Waldtrep.

St. Augustine famously prayed, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”

Raheem Morris made the 'emotional' decision to keep young Younghoe Koo as the Falcons’ kicker, beating out a rookie who’s gone 14-14 at the scouting combine, and who nailed a 73 yard field goal in practice. Then tonight Koo missed his first field goal attempt, pulling a 51 yarder to the left.

Supernatural dreams are fueling Christian Revival in Uzbekistan: 'I saw the nail-pierced' hands of Jesus’.

Nick Saban Endorses the Georgia Quarterback Everyone Else Seems to Doubt: Gunner Stockton. Saban had recruited Stockton before Nick had retired.

US Representative Anna Paulina Luna claims lawmakers have evidence of ‘interdimensional beings’. Lang shared this UFO story that just dropped.

More than two dozen people linked to Epstein scandal have died under "Mysterious Circumstances".