Profound proclamations concerning life When you stand in front of a classroom of children for 57 years as I so enjoyably did, you encounter all sorts of questions, mostly about your personal life and sometimes about whatever topic we might have been discussing in class. Many of the questions were very provocative, others nosy and some inspired me and others to think up some answers to use as ready replies.

One of the first things I learned in Bible School as a youngster in rural Hughes County was that a parable is an earthly story with a Heavenly meaning. And some 80 years later, I know of no time in our Nation’s proud history when all of us could use more Heavenly meanings.

It’s already August and it makes me think of Falls Creek. My old home church, First Baptist of Stonewall, always attended this massive religious camp. Except back then we were into numbers. Big numbers. There was just one big 10day encampment which finally had to be cut up into several time periods of one week each. Sanitary reasons? Perhaps. It was a very special time with the one encampment featuring (always) some big international type of star evangelist. A famous preacher from London was there the last time I camped there. His name was Taylor. His most famous sermon, “Payday, Someday.” I guessed at its message and its ending and was right on.