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"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears
my voice and opens the door, I will come in..."

Revelation 3:20

 

 

Interests

• Music    I especially like Christian and classical music. If you like classical music, you will like a terrific weekly radio series called From the Top that showcases the nation's most exceptional pre-college age musicians. Visit their web site to find out what time the program can be heard on your local public radio station. You can also listen to previously recorded shows right from your own computer when you visit their web site.

   

  

   

  "It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High,
  to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
  to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the
  harp. For you make me glad by your deeds, O Lord;
  I sing for joy at the works of your hands."

  Psalm 92:1 - 4

   

  "The Lord will take great delight in you, he will quiet you
  with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

  Zephaniah 3:17

   

  "Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song,
  O mountains! For the Lord comforts his people and
  will have compassion on his afflicted ones."

  Isaiah 49:13

   

  "Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy;
  let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth."

  Psalm 98:8 - 9

   

  "You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains
  and hills will burst into song before you, and all the
  trees of the field will clap their hands."

  Isaiah 55:12

   

  "They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads.
  Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away."

  Isaiah 51:11

   

  "Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I will sing to the Lord,
  I will sing; I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel."

  Judges 5:3

   

  "He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;
  he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
  He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God."

  Psalms 40:2 - 3

   

  "You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and
  clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to you and not be
  silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever."

  Psalm 30:11 - 12

   

• Whale Watching    I went on a whale watching cruise many years ago with my brother and his family. I had such a great time that I hope to go again some day. If you want to do something fun with the entire family then why not consider boarding the Cape Ann Whale Watch cruise that departs from Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Surf over to their web site to learn more about whale watching.

   

  

   

  Click here to watch a humpback whale movie (1:34)

   

  "...Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish."

  Jonah 1:3

   

  "But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah,
  and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights."

  Jonah 1:17

   

  "From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. He said: 'In my
  distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From the depths
  of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.'"

  Jonah 2:1 - 2

   

• Astronomy    I have always enjoyed gazing at the stars on a clear, dark night. How can anyone not believe in the existence of God after witnessing such an awesome display? Learn more about our solar system and beyond by clicking on any one of the stars in the image below.

   

  

   

  "Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these?"

  Isaiah 40:26

   

  "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
  Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge."

  Psalm 19:1 - 2

   

  What else does the Bible say about the heavens and the earth?

   

   

  Links to Astronomy Web Sites

  Choose a Web Site Earth & Sky Beyond Our Skies Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Day

   

• Fishing    I enjoy both fresh and salt water fishing. My favorite fish is ...ah... fried. Learn how you can catch the big one by clicking Nor'east Saltwater Online.

   

  

   

  "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."

  Mark 1:17

   

• Gardening    Vegetables just seem to taste better when you grow them yourself. Click here to view the web site that I use to answer my questions about gardening and landscaping.

   

  Quotes for Gardeners

   

  "Then God said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing
  plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it,
  according to their various kinds.' And it was so."

  Genesis 1:11

   

  "Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards, I struck
  them with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and
  olive trees, yet you have not returned to me," declares the Lord.

  Amos 4:9

   

  "'Come now, let us reason together,' says the Lord. 'Though your sins
  are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are
  red as crimson, they shall be like wool. If you are willing
  and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; but
  if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the
  sword.' For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."

  Isaiah 1:18 - 20

   

  "The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand, that
  though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers
  flourish, they will be forever destroyed."

  Psalm 92:6 - 7

   

  "But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in
  him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its
  roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its
  leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year
  of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

  Jeremiah 17:7 - 8

   

   

  "The Garden of Prayer" by Thomas Kinkade

  Thanks to David Griffith for the Lake Applet

   

  "The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs
  in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame.
  You will be like a well-watered garden, like a
  spring whose waters never fail."

  Isaiah 58:11

   

  "Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and
  break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord,
  until he comes and showers righteousness on you."

  Hosea 10:12

   

  "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him,
  he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."

  John 15:5

   

  "Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew,
  like showers on new grass,
  like abundant rain on tender plants."

  Deuteronomy 32:2

   

  "For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,
  through the living and enduring word of God. All men are like grass,
  and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers
  and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever."

  1 Peter 1:23 - 25

   

   

  Thanks to David Griffith for the Lake Applet

   

  "Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do
  wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green
  plants they will soon die away. Trust in the Lord and
  do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
  Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give
  you the desires of your heart."

  Psalm 37:1 - 4

   

  "Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines,
  though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though
  there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet
  I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior."

  Habakkuk 3:17 - 18

   

  "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
  or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But
  his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he
  meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted
  by streams of water, which yields its fruit in
  season and whose leaf does not wither.
  Whatever he does prospers."

  Psalm 1:1 - 3

   

  

   

   

• Baseball    Even though I don't always like to admit it, I am a big fan of the Boston Red Sox. I have been waiting all my life for them to win the World Series. Then in 2004, it finally happened. The Red Sox became world champions by beating the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series!

  Babe Ruth

  Babe Ruth might have become the greatest player Boston would ever have, if not for what Red Sox fans could point to as the single worst event ever to occur in the team's history, in 1917. That year the team was purchased by one H. Harrison Frazee, a theatrical producer who loved baseball but loved Broadway more. He saw the Red Sox as a means of financing his theatrical operations, and began selling off all of his best players to Colonel Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Yankees, to raise cash for a number of Broadway ventures. Babe Ruth became victim to this practice in 1920, when Frazee sold him to Ruppert for $125,000.

  The Red Sox were devastated from the loss of Babe Ruth. They had won five of the first fifteen World Series, but would not even play in another for 28 years! Before 2004, they had not won a World Series since 1918.

  Thanks to the Babe Ruth Museum for the information on Babe Ruth

  
  

   

  

   

  "Do you know that in a race all the runners run, but only
  one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone
  who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get
  a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever."

  1 Corinthians 9:24 - 25

   

  "I have fought the good fight,
  I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
  Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness,
  which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that
  day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing."

  2 Timothy 4:7 - 8

   

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"Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."

Proverbs 16:24

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"Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge."

Psalm 16:1

 

 

"Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!"

2 Corinthians 9:15

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"May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth."

Psalm 115:15