Author Archives: ThePreachersWord

“I watched this Apple commercial over the holidays, and you may have seen it. It features a girl going out for a run on January 1st when it’s snowing,” posted Jay Ferguson on his blog.

“She’s clearly miserable, out-of-shape, wearing a pair of sweats that look like they belonged to your old middle school gym coach, devoid of the right gear. But, she does have an Apple Watch, which–spoiler alert–allows her to run all year long, progressively faster and in progressively better gear.” Continue reading →

The recent snow storm named Blair dumped incredible amounts of snow stretching across the Midwest from Kansas into the Ohio Valley.

Norma Jean and I watched the news accounts from the warmth of our Florida family room reminiscing about places where we’ve lived and experienced snow storms.

Our first winter in Ohio back in 1970 was Norma’s very first taste of snow. Living in Hillsboro and Kettering we saw snow. Lots of snow. It was also Norma’s first exposure to driving in snow that landed her in a ditch on a country road. Continue reading →

WordPress, the platform we use for ThePreachersWord, has a daily writing prompt on its dashboard for bloggers.

Recently this probing and penetrating question caught my eye. “Tell us one thing you hope people say about you?” Continue reading →

Exercise three times a week.
Eat healthier.
Pray daily.
Read the entire Bible this year.
Lose weight.
Text less.
Listen more.
Get organized.
Stop procrastinating.
Live within or below my income.
Become debt-free.
Max-out my Roth-IRA.
Learn a new skill.
Spend more time with friends and family. Continue reading →