by Joe Rector | Mar 23, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Folks can get their hackles up over a variety of things. Sometimes it’s the result of an argument with friends. Nothing causes tempers to flare quicker than negative comments about a individuals’ families. Even attacks on traditions can ignites fires in...
by Joe Rector | Mar 16, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Recently, I rode in a van with fellow workers back from a trip to deliver cars to Nashville. At some point, I started listening to my iPod to help pass the time. It’s surprising just how much listening to music has changed in my lifetime. My first...
by Joe Rector | Mar 9, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Everywhere I go this winter, I run into folks who are wheezing and sniffing and sneezing and coughing. This year seems to have brought with it plenty of snow, frigid temperatures, and COLDS. The television is bursting with advertisements for medicines...
by Joe Rector | Mar 2, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Yes, I’m an impatient person; over the years, that shortcoming has been worked on until my exasperation over things that don’t come in “my time” has eased. However, right now my irritation level is once again at red-alert status, and it’s all because my...
by Joe Rector | Feb 9, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I am beyond hurt; perhaps the shock of the matter hasn’t yet ended. All I know is that my heart is broken and I can do nothing right now to help it heal. Many who read this will scoff at my predicament and say it is “much ado about nothing.” Others will...
by Joe Rector | Feb 2, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Church is always a place where memories come flooding. I sit there and recall so many things, from my Mother seated in the second pew and praying for strength as she served as the only parent for three teenaged boys to children’s programs filled with...
