by Greg | Jul 17, 2025 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
Most of my travels these days are usually no more exotic than visiting family on Pea Ridge Road, outside of Eatonton, Georgia. I grew up on a dairy farm, neighbored on all sides by other dairy farms, with the inescapable scent of manure wafting through the air. This...
by Greg | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
June 20 was my birthday. In the grand scheme of the universe, it was no big deal, and I am not just being modest. I turned 59. That is about as exciting as double-pleated khakis. No one gets excited about 59. There are no, “Ugh, oh, look who’s getting over the hill!”...
by Greg | Nov 23, 2022 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
It is what I do when my lesser nature – my Ego, my fragile, undifferentiated Self – decides to take control. I “other” others. The recent violence in a LGBTQ nightclub, followed three days later with more violence in a Walmart, is happening to others, at least that is...
by Greg | Dec 9, 2021 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
Annie is pit-boxer-something-or-another mix, and we have a date every evening that includes a walk in our neighborhood. As we often do on these evening strolls, we nosed into the woods along the edge of the neighborhood. I unclipped her leash so she could have more...
by Greg | Sep 2, 2021 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
It started out, like all oak trees, as a simple acorn. Not all acorns become mighty trees, but this one did. It was celebrated – the acorn – in 1997 as symbolic of the birth of Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology. The year before, McAfee opened its doors to...
by Greg | May 31, 2021 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
To be remembered holds power and goodness. It can be as simple as being called by name when you were certain “they won’t remember me.” To be remembered is to celebrate worth, value, and life is not wasted. Memorial Day, and the weekend that surrounds it, is largely a...
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