Archive for November, 2005
The Peaceable Kingdom
Our Thanksgiving in “the land of Goshen” with the Ferguson family was spent in a delightful Bed & Breakfast in the heart of the Indiana Amish country. Royers Bed & Breakfast was a little bit of heaven - the wonderful food, gracious hosts and quiet country setting did wonders for my soul!
Of course, it was […]
Published by AP on November 27th, 2005 tagged Pattersons | Comment now »
red fox
Photos
Published by AP on November 27th, 2005 tagged Photos | Comment now »
Land of Goshen
Here is a Happy Thanksgiving for all of you. Some of US have snow and some of you have sunshine. Whatever the weather or occasion, give thanks to God for all He has done! We are off to Goshen, Indiana and will return Friday evening. May God give you peace and safety.
The Pattersons
Friends
Published by AP on November 22nd, 2005 tagged Friends | Comment now »
It just keeps showing up…
And I never know when exactly it might appear. Sometimes it just comes screaming around my router and wherever it hits there is permanent X damage…
Black X
Published by AP on November 22nd, 2005 tagged Blogging | Comment now »
My Own Black X
Well, a big thanks to CNN for such an inspiration! (And a big thanks to Hewitt and Drudge) But I have decided to make my Black X’s permanent, instead of just flashing on and off for split-seconds while you are viewing these pictures…
HUMOR ME, Photos, Politics
Published by AP on November 22nd, 2005 tagged Blogging, Politics, HUMOR ME, Photos | Comment now »
Come to the table
Thanksgiving Meditation from Luke 22: 1, 8-22 & I Corinthians 11:23-26
This thanksgiving is feast time – tables will be laden with lots of food. Maybe you will, like us, go out to eat for the first time,as are a growing number of people, and yet still your table will be set with plenty to eat. […]
Published by AP on November 19th, 2005 tagged Preaching, Quotes | Comment now »
Best Described as Republican…
Well, well well… I must say I surprised myself on the first part, but not the second. Guess I’m going to have to rethink my social views… S. Allen Patterson of Mercer, PA is:
a Social Moderate
(41% permissive)and an Economic Conservative
(71% permissive)
And he is best described as a:
Republican
Allen, you exhibit a very well-developed sense of
Right […]
Published by AP on November 18th, 2005 tagged Pattersons, Politics | Comment now »
Afternoon Prayer (for Billy)
You chose, O loving God,
to enter this world
quietly, humbly, and as an outcast.
Hear our prayers
on behalf of all who are abused:
For children, who suffer at the hands
of parents whom they trust and love;
for spouses,
beaten and destroyed
by the very one who promised to love
and to cherish them forever;
for all people ignored, hated and cheated.
by the very […]
Published by AP on November 18th, 2005 tagged Prayer | Comment now »
Maybe our PA senators went to church?
Pennsylvania has some leaders willing to admit to their mistakes - especially when it might well affect their chances of re-election. Too bad Frist and his lemmings can’t follow their example. READ IT HERE on Hugh Hewitt’s site.
And you won’t want to miss this article by Jonathon Last, although I don’t altogether agree with him […]
Published by AP on November 17th, 2005 tagged Politics | Comment now »
Ezra Pound - Meditatio
Ever since Loy wrote about The Loyalty of a Dog, I have been thinking about dogs, loyalty and other habits of the soul.
Our own dog, The [Chocolate] Duke, has recently been enjoying a reprieve from his long “banishment” to the outdoors. He seems to be enjoying with all his body and ’self’ his rejoining our […]