by joebeam | Dec 22, 2008 | Life, Marriage, Marriage Trouble
I met David the night he shot me. I was sitting in the dorm room of one of my fellow students when in strolled this guy that I had seen around but didn’t know. Without saying a word he walked over to me, pulled a gun from under his shirt, pushed it against my...
by joebeam | Dec 22, 2008 | Life
True learning begins when you accept that not everything you believe is true, without fearing that everything you believe is not true.
by joebeam | Dec 8, 2008 | Life, Marriage Trouble, Uncategorized
Dwaine Allison has magic hands. At least that’s what his chiropractic patients claim. Doc has extremely limited vision and seems to have balanced that out with a peculiar gift of using his hands to see what most of us cannot. My son-in-law Lee Wilson says that...
by joebeam | Dec 7, 2008 | God, Life
Tom McCoy pastors Thompson Station Church in, of all places, Thompson Station. January marks his 20th anniversary with that church. When he became pastor, he and Leighann brought the membership total to 8 people. Their Sunday morning attendance now tops 1,800 and...
by joebeam | Dec 5, 2008 | Life, Parenting, Uncategorized
It appears that the experts are at odds again. (Has it ever been any other way?) If you read this article on USA Today, you’ll see what I mean. Some say that today’s teens rate themselves far too highly and that bodes ill for their futures when they...
by joebeam | Dec 1, 2008 | God, Life, Uncategorized
A few years ago a boy about 8 years old approached me to ask who I was voting for in the presidential election occuring at the time. When he heard my answer, he arched one eyebrow, slowly shook his head from side to side, and marched indignantly away. My political...
