Hello, bloggers.  I’ve felt so out of touch with you because my former blog had a flat tire, engine failure, or some sort of problem that turned out to be unfixable.

Thanks so much to Greg Kendall-Ball for setting up this new one.  It is very bare bones since I’m still trying to figure out how  to post a photo, my profile, etc.

I have so much pent up thoughts to share with you.  Here’s the latest.  Occasionally I come across a book that deeply touches me.  It happened again last week.  While in Ft. Worth with my dear brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Tami, we visited a Barnes and Noble.  They gave us a treat, buying the last copy on the shelf of the amazing book, Same Kind of Different as Me.  Written by a wealthy, white art dealer named Ron Hall.  Co-written by a homeless man named Denver Moore.  It chronicles their stories of how they grew up and eventually met at a downtown mission in Ft. Worth.  The stories that Denver tells of the extreme hardship of being a black person growing up in the deep south are really gut-wrenching.

The book is like a film, it’s so vividly written.  And watching God’s hand on these men’s lives is awesome — two of the most unlikely people came together and learned from each other.  The wisdom coming from Denver’s mouth was so touching.

 Hope you can find a copy.  I believe you you also be profoundly impacted by this beautiful story of faith, loss, love and God’s amazing grace.

 Hope to talk to you tomorrow.  And I look forward to hearing from you dear friends in blog world.

 Jim