Author: Kevin Murray

As you know, Thursday of this week is Thanksgiving Day. It’s great that we have a particular day set aside in our calendars for the purpose of thanking God for all his blessings. This brings to mind the value of having a grateful disposition. In order for it to be true gratitude, this disposition requires that we know to whom we are grateful. Ultimately, we are grateful to God, who is the Source of all good things. Clearly, authentic gratitude will

Hey Y’all, A quick question. Are you a numbers person? That’s to say, you understand and find order in numbers. Some folks love numbers. My Dad did. As a small example, he loved to keep the ledger in his checkbook neatly balanced. And he loved when the math worked out so that the  balance would end in a zero. Not that he ever took issue with a cardinal number (1-9) but he always felt 0 as the final number in a

The night of November 4th will contain an extra hour. Daylight Saving time ends on November 5th. I, for one, love having that extra hour! Even though I will probably end up spending the hour sleeping, just the thought that I get more time makes me happy. This gets me thinking of our usual 24-hour day. It’s amazing to see how some people seem to have time to do a lot of things, while I often feel that I don’t have

As you know, one of my main occupations during my free time has been unpacking my boxes of stuff since moving here in mid-September. You never quite know, until you have to move, how much stuff you have accumulated. In preparing for my move, I got rid of a lot of things. Now, as I unpack my many boxes, I am getting rid of more things. My boxes aren’t marked, so it’s a surprise each time I open a box.