South Fork Baptist Church

All the presents are purchased (at least I think so.)  The kids and grandkids are getting ready to come over for Christmas Eve.  Tomorrow, they will all be here and we get to play Santa and then enjoy Christmas at God’s House!!   And I have learned one thing:  Christmas is gonna cost you this year, [...]

Do you remember the 1988 Olympics?  One of the greatest stories that came out of those memorable days in Seoul, South Korea was that of the Quadruple Sculls Boat Competition (yep, I missed that one too!!).  The event may not have been very important to you and me, but it was to Italian David Tizzano.  [...]

We have all had the experience, and it’s not a pleasant one. A toy balloon filled with helium, purchased perhaps at a circus, is accidently released and rises, faster and faster, into the sky until it disappears from sight.  Most of us have stood by a tearful child and watched helplessly as the tiny globe [...]

They called it unsinkable, which, in nautical terms, is about like telling a pitcher that he has a no-hitter going! The Third Reich battleship Bismark was, at any rate, a vessel to inspire confidence in its crew and despair in its enemies.  It displaced 45,000 tons, and eight 15-inch guns bristled above stout armor platting.  [...]

Have you ever heard of Elmer Booze?  And you call yourself a music lover!  He has shared the concert stage with such noted pianist as Aaron Copeland, Rudolph Serkin and Bella Davidovich.  A regular at concerts at the National Gallery of Art and the Kennedy Center– and even the White House, Elmer holds degrees in [...]