About 1400 years ago, the Roman Catholic Church and the Byzantine (Greek Orthodox) Church unofficially adopted a fun celebration the day before All Saints’ Feast Day.  The day became known as All Hallow’s Eve or Halloween. The purpose  of this time was to mock evil.  Dressing up like skeletons and wearing death masks, people–young and…

This is an email I received today from Bev Linder of Special Heart.  Brad is her oldest child.  He had multiple physical disabilities.  He died recently. Dear friends, The following is one of the blogs on my website.  Many of you who receive this mailing may not be aware of my blog.  To view more…

Understand, I like Herman Cain, the Georgia gentleman who is running for President. I like that he is a Southern black man and that he speaks his mind.  I like that he doesn’t have a chip on his shoulder because of the way he has been treated by the world. I like that Cain is…

This weekend I had the honor of teaching a group of wonderful volunteers who minister to the mentally challenged community.  They put in thousands of  hours each year. Our teachers and volunteers instruct, transport and love the members of  The Special Gathering, which is a ministry within the intellectually disabled community.  Our mission is aggressively…

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