Daily Archives: January 19, 2011

Thur. Jan. 20

The Story of the Big Rocker. It was 2005. We had just constructed the porch on the Tabernacle at Dry Creek Camp.  Karan Robinson showed me a photo of a huge rocker made by an Arkansas craftsman.  She said,  “Don’t you think it’d look great on this porch.” I agreed, then asked the question:  “How much would it cost?” “$1500.” …

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Wed. Jan 18 Patience and Shame

Proverb for the day: A person’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.  Proverbs 19:11 A real man (or woman) is big enough to let offenses pass by.  We can waste lots of energy carrying grudges and miffs. One of my favorite singers, Jerry Jeff Walker, sang about his friend Hondo Crouch, “He was the …

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