Tag Archives: hurricanes
FMM 7 5 2024 Off Grid, Off your Head?
“Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.” ~ Thomas Fuller. I have no recollection of my first severe weather event. Growing up first in the UK, in Manchester, rain was an ever present fact of life. But it was mostly the persistent, miserable drizzle kind of rain, raindrops so fine they could be more […]
FMM Peril On the Sea
“The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.” ~ Dean Karnazes. When you spend your childhood in the church, there are certain hymns that take you way back. When you spend your childhood in a Jamaican church, you can add the choruses of the Ira D. Sankey clothback book to that mix. If, […]
FMM 9 22 17 Dry Wit
“Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”~ Will Rogers. My father had a strange sense of humor. His jokes would often be met with a split second of silence, before the audience, whether in church, the classroom, or the huge assembly hall where as chaplain he would lead morning devotions each […]
FMM 9 15 17 Stripped Bare
“Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees.” ~ Thomas S. Monson. I traveled to Jamaica with my family in 1963, sailing on the SS Ascania. Our journey was extended by several days, as we had to observe protocol, and allow a killer to exit the Caribbean before […]
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