by peter.ramsay | Jul 30, 2008 | Life Lessons
2023 – You are about to read the post below that was written back in 2008. Life since then has changed for Brad Pitt, but the question remains: Is he happy or not? Brad Pitt was born into a Southern Baptist home back in 1963. On a whim, he baled out of college...
by peter.ramsay | Jun 26, 2008 | Life Lessons
Hysterical laughing and thunderous applauses – George Carlin was a master at provoking such responses over his 50-year debut on the stage of time. Well, not quite 50 years. He didn’t quite make it. Now the headlines record this fact of Mr. Carlin’s life: “Dead at 71.”...
by peter.ramsay | Jun 3, 2008 | Life Lessons
In late May, 2008 a complaint was received by the Multi-National Force West in Iraq that a US Marine was distributing a Bible coin with Arabic inscriptions to the locals. (1) We don’t know the Marine’s name nor do we want to debate the wisdom of distributing a coin...
by peter.ramsay | May 28, 2008 | Life Lessons
Parkersburg is a beautiful and peaceful town of 1900 residents in Iowa. Back in 2003, I visited that community for several weeks. I had the privilege of meeting many residents as I visited their homes and met them each evening at the Parkersburg Veterans’ Memorial...
by peter.ramsay | Apr 3, 2008 | Personal Stories
As the day dawned cold and blustery, little did I realize that this day, Friday, February 12, 1954, would become the most important day of my life. It was more significant than the day I was born or married, the day any of my children were born or the day I will die...