OUT TO PASTOR: What if I don’t want to act my age?

  Throughout my life, I have often heard people telling other people what they should be or do. I do not know where they get the right to say that about other people. I first encountered this attitude with my mother. She would often say to me, “Son, you need to start acting your age.

OUT TO PASTOR: I had a thought but I can’t remember it

 I just celebrated another birthday. I never imagined I would get this old, but here I am, old and still breathing.Reflecting on my birthday celebration, I looked back on my life and realized I’ve been so busy that I’ve haven’t had much chance to think.

OUT TO PASTOR: The older I get, the younger I feel

I like celebrating anything and everything. After all, who doesn’t like party time?Thinking along this line it occurred to me this month I will be celebrating my birthday. I pondered this for a while and was trying to figure out which birthday I should celebrate.

OUT TO PASTOR: Heat’s not just a number – it’s an attitude

Lately, the temperature in Florida has topped 100°. I saw on the news that the Northeast is also hitting 100°.It’s easy to see why everyone wants to come to Florida. If they can’t, they wish for some of our heat. Well, good luck with that. We’ll send you all you can handle.

OUT TO PASTOR: Did my body warranty just expire?

Just when I recover from the latest ache in my body within a few minutes, I will get a “Boo, I’m back.”I’m not quite sure why these Aches and Pains love my body so much.Why don’t they just get over it and move on to another circus.

OUT TO PASTOR: To be or not to be, that’s my confusion

After many years of denial, I finally realized how easily I am confused. Why it took me so long to realize this, I will never know.If only I could go back to my wonderful teenage years when I knew everything and nobody could tell me what to do. Why do those days go by so quickly?

OUT TO PASTOR: Just me and my coffee

It was one of those days that don’t often come my way. I was out sitting on the porch with my 1st cup of coffee for the day.Today was special. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, her daughter and granddaughter went to St. Augustine for spring break. They would be gone for three days.

OUT TO PASTOR: What’s chocolate got to do with it?

Did you ever have a morning when everything went exactly as you planned?Well, neither have I.I plan my schedule to include everything I need for the day. But, unlike The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, I fall way short of accomplishing that.

OUT TO PASTOR: Who has the license to drive me crazy?

I will confess that I am crazy, but I didn’t get there by myself. Somebody has been driving me crazy. When I use the word “somebody,’ I mean a lot of people.I didn’t always know I was crazy until a few years ago The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage looked at me and said, “Are you crazy or what?