by Jerry Long | Jun 1, 2021 | Inspiration
One of the iconic legends of our day was Alex Trebek’, who hosted the TV game show Jeopardy for 37 years. He died on November 8, 2020. Among the many tributes which were written about him was that of Stanford University student Avi Gupta, the Teen Tournament...
by Jerry Long | May 1, 2021 | Inspiration
With the hugely popular television series The Crown, along with other series and documentaries making the Royal Family in London seem quite accessible to the average Joe and Joette in the US and around the world, when Prince Phillip died April 9, 2021 it was as if an...
by Jerry Long | Mar 29, 2021 | Inspiration
In early March, I received news that the six-month old grandson of a couple in the church where I serve as Minister of Pastoral Care was being taken to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. On the outside, little Everette seemed like any normal...
by Jerry Long | Mar 2, 2021 | Inspiration
On a recent Friday when I was having my morning devotion, I spent part of the time praying for my individual family members. When it came to pray for my son-in-law Frank, I began to think of what he would face that day in his management role with a major...
by Jerry Long | Feb 1, 2021 | Inspiration
In the late 1980’s, a man named Sam Reck met and later married a widow named JoAnn at his church in Jacksonville, FL. Eventually they moved into the Florida Presbyterian Home where they were known as “Romeo & Juliet.” Last July, JoAnn contracted COVID and died on...
by Jerry Long | Jan 5, 2021 | Inspiration
It happens every year. At the stroke of midnight on December 31 when the calendar turns the page from one year to the next, something amazing happens. In the lives of people everywhere, hope is reborn. Even though nothing but the calendar actually changes in that...
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