Many years ago, when my girls were young, their mother and I took them to London, among other stops, mostly in The Netherlands. While in London, one of our memorable visits was The British Museum. Our girls loved it, as did I.

One part of the museum was the exhibit featuring ancient Mesopotamia. An exhibit which I found particularly fascinating, was the Lachish Reliefs, a series of panels carved in stone telling the story of the conquests of King Sennacherib of Assyria, particularly his siege of Jerusalem around 700 BC.

Early this morning—earlier than remotely humane—the bedside phone rang, waking me and Valerie. OK, I was somewhat awake, but the phone! Not right. And I didn’t have my glasses on so couldn’t identify the caller. I will take note in future, maybe sleeping with them.

So, a bit fuzzy of mind, I answered and heard the tell-tale pause, then a very insincere voice: “Dear customer, your credit card has been used this morning…” I of course hung up, and lay there pondering the injustice of some malefactor having a free shot into my life at any time of the day. But what are my choices? I suppose getting rid of the land line and turning off our cell phones is one answer. But why should we let some unidentified (insert your favorite word here) control our life? Why indeed.

Apologetically Speaking

I promised—or threatened—to write a blog. My conscience has gotten the better or me and now I realize it’s put up or shut up. The last of the two would probably be the wiser and is frankly the most appealing to me. Never being one to pass up a good opportunity to refuse taking the simpler and wiser path, I will press onward. Maybe if no one reads it, I can quietly just make it go away.

I am titling it “Apologetically Speaking”, as you can see. Here’s why:

Hi, here is my first attempt at blogging, which shouldn't be that difficult as I used to do that verbally every Sunday!

Since this is my first entry, I am going to tell you what I plan to do with the page that has my name on it. This is my Author page. I've wanted to gather all the things I've written (that I care to share) and to have a place where I can post future material. I have written a few plays we've used in church and I'll put the better ones on here. If you care to use them, feel free. They are free. Just cite the source please...somewhere in the program give the author credit for having written it, if you please.