I had some car trouble recently and took the car back to the dealership for the third or fourth time for the same problem. When the service people asked if they could help I related the story to them and an assistant manager said, "Oh yes, Mr. Carter that part is still on back order." My r...
I just got back from vacation. While touring in the beautiful state of Maine we found ourselves on a 110ft. boat looking for whales. The naturalist onboard did a great job of pointing out every living thing we passed – several species of birds, a baby seal (which I missed) and whales – fin backs to ...
A news story on the radio caught my attention the other day. It seems that a NASA scientist has determined that the earthquake in Chile recently caused the earth to shift on its axis and it actually shortened the day length by 1.26 m...
So, we have passed the first of November and if you think the year has gone by quickly to this point just hold on. We are now on a steep downhill grade to the end of the year and we will pick up speed the closer we get. Not only is the year running out of days but we also squeeze two big holidays in...
I was just thinking about how much fun I have had with my Facebook page. I enjoy talking about this place I have the opportunity to live and work. Some people have read my statements and felt like I was rubbing it in that I lived at the beach. I suppose there was some of that in the things I have wr...
Our church was involved in Vacation Bible School a couple of weeks ago and as a normal part of our opening assembly we did the pledges to the flags and the Bible. The typical order is pledge to the US flag, then the Christian flag, and then the Bible. Now add to this a "Jesus Freak" moment...
After a five month delay following a fatal accident work on the second bridge onto Oak Island is once again underway. I have talked to some long term residents of the island and they tell me that there has been talk about a second br...
Who would have thought that the Miss USA pageant would have been a platform for a young woman to stand for the truth of the Word of God? Isn't it interesting that this beautiful young woman made a statement about marriage that would ...
As I was walking through the sanctuary of our church the other day something caught my eye. There were a number of Bibles sitting on the pews, scattered throughout the church. On the surface that sounds normal and correct, however, t...
I know that people have all kinds of expectations of their church. They expect people to be friendly to them and notice when they are not there. They expect it to be warm in the winter and cool in the summer but not too warm or too c...