In downtown Dallas, at 1627 Pacific Avenue, is a 3+ acre park called Thanks-Giving Square. The park is triangular in shape (not square) and includes a chapel, gallery, mosaic, bells, a huge golden ring and scriptures all relating to an attitude of gratitude. Thanks-Giving Square is a short walk from the DART Akard Station. It is [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 26, 2008
Why Worry?
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:4
Guess there’s no use in two of us staying awake.
February 16, 2008
Heaven’s View of Washington, D.C.
On top of the tallest building in Washinton D.C. are words of praise to God. In 1888 when the Washington Monument was completed, an aluminum cap was placed upon its apex with inscriptions on each side. On the east side of the cap, which faces the Capitol, are the words Laus Deo, which is latin for [...]
February 6, 2008
Quiet Car Anyone?
On Amtrak’s Acela Express is a Quiet Car. It’s a train car with the following rules:
no cell phone use
no talking
no standing in the aisle
In other words, relax. Enjoy the ride and the quietness.
Sometimes I retreat from the noise and busyness of life and step aboard my own Quiet Car. There my mind relaxes . . . unwinds. [...]
February 3, 2008
Angel Believer
This Roadstop was Different is the title of an article in the Greenville Herald Banner written twenty-three years ago. Why? Because a friend of my parents’ contacted the newspaper staff and told them a lady had given birth to a baby boy on Highway 11 enroute to the hospital. That baby boy was my son, Matthew, [...]
