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Expected Turns

December 31, 2007 Joey Cope 0

As I’ve contemplated the closing moments of this year, I’ve tried to imagine what this past 12 months would have been like without friends and family. All in all, it wasn’t such a bad year. Yet how miserable it would have been without people who care around me. Today I [read more]

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Personal Freedom

December 28, 2007 Joey Cope 0

Just one of those things I already know. Forgiving others frees me. I recently realized that I had a couple of lists. The individuals on both were people I had been in conflict with in the past. The factor that allowed me to differentiate between the lists was forgiveness. The [read more]

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'Tis the Season

December 18, 2007 Joey Cope 0

I ran up to our local discount store to grab paper towels and toilet bowl cleaner for my son’s business. Being a week before Christmas, the parking lots were crowded and the aisles packed with shoppers. I’m pretty good at buying paper towels and toilet bowl cleaner, so I was [read more]

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Taking Care of Business

December 11, 2007 Joey Cope 0

Twice this last weekend, I selected a seat in Cullen Auditorium that would give me the greatest vantage point for watching our church children’s musical. For most of the last twenty years, talented, dedicated adults have focused a good portion of their autumn lives on selecting, rehearsing and producing these [read more]

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Christmas Party Place

December 7, 2007 Joey Cope 0

We had a great Christmas party for the office last night. Great home-made food. Pleasant conversation. And we were blessed by being at Patsy and Jerry’s place. A veritable Christmas wonderland. I don’t know how many get-togethers are hosted by these two every year. Or how many total people have [read more]