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  • Family

    Day 2 of giving thanks for all that I have in my life.  Today, I want to give thanks to for my family.  There has been no greater influence on me than my family and rightfully so.  I am who I am because of my family; good, bad or ugly.…

  • God in my life

    Today, the first day of November; where has this year gone.  I don’t know about you and your family, but here in the Shrimplin’s, it has been a crazy summer.  Unfortunately, the fall has not slowed down either.  We are busy!  That’s why this month I am going to slow…

  • Stealing

    In Exodus 20, the God of the universe sets up some rules to help humanity live in harmony with one another.  One of those rules is “Thou Shalt Not Steal.”   Most cultures have decided that not taking your neighbor’s stuff is a pretty good idea.  But baseball is different, stealing…

  • Evaluate and Adjust

    Baseball is a game of evaluating and adjusting.  The coach evaluates how players have been playing and they adjust the batting order.  The infield gets an evaluation and will adjust where the position themselves on the infield depending on the hitter.  The pitching staff evaluates a pitchers performance and adjust…

  • Catcher

    I loved playing catcher when I was younger. The catcher is the only player on the field that can see all the action. The pitcher can’t everyone but the catcher is behind them.  The infielders can’t see the outfielders. The outfielder can’t watch the other outfielders; they are watching the…

  • Coming Together

       Up to this point, most of my blogs have been more devotional in nature.  Today, I am starting a series of post about a merger, and a new church start that Ottumwa’s three United Methodist Church exploring.  I am not going to post every day about the merger but I…

  • Wish I Was Home

    The other day I followed a link on Facebook that took me to a sign company.  I was looking at signs that are made for churches.  Of course, they did more than church signs.  They also do light pole flags like the one on the left. When I saw this…

  • Questions

    Questions.  We all live our lives with questions.  Some questions are important and we have to get answers.  Some questions are unimportant and we will search for answers when and if we get time.  Some questions we never even think to ask.   One thing that I learned about questions, for…

  • Mega Millions

    Mega Millions!  Somebody won it. The person is from South Carolina. Their lives are going to change because  I don’t care who you are that’s a lot of money.  I can only image what I would do with that much money. First, I would pay the taxes. Don’t need Uncle…

  • What I Learned Playing Baseball

    In my younger years, I loved baseball.  I played, watched, I lived baseball.  The one thing I miss most about my younger years is not being able to play baseball.  Now that I am older I physically couldn’t play anymore.  My knees are shot.  My ankles are shot.  My eyes…