Share Be Watchful Like Birds By Don Doran / a day ago Good morning! The other morning I was sitting along a country road waiting for the time to pick up a passenger. I caught a motion out of the corner of my eye and turned to see a blue jay land across the street. I find birds to be interesting and sat watching him for as […]
Share The Hardest Part of Being a Disciple By Don Doran / 3 weeks ago The Hardest Part of Being a Disciple I have often thought of how great it must have been to be a disciple of Jesus. I could see him everyday. I would love to have the opportunity to visit with him. To sit in the same room, or area, and just listen to him talk […]
Share A City Without Night! By Don Doran / last month A City Without Night! My mom was knocking at the door with a message. Melinda’s mother had just called to tell us that her dad was going into the hospital the next day. He was scheduled for an emergency surgery. It was April 14, 1982. Mike had been sick for several weeks. We all thought […]
Share The Great God of Comfort is Still Available! By Don Doran / last month Have you ever had one of those moments which stand out so vividly in your mind that many years later you can remember every detail of it as if it had just happened? It can sometimes be a catastrophic event! It might even be just one of those special moments when the occasion is so […]
Share Chaos of Life By Don Doran / last month Wow, where does time go? Here we are, already into the third month of the year 2009 and it seems just like yesterday we were getting ready for Christmas. Zoom and time passes you by. If you are not careful today is here and gone without you realizing it. I noticed that it had been […]
Share The Brown Thompson Chain Bible By Don Doran / last month I was talking to someone the other day, I can’t remember who. Time out, the bad thing about talking to so many people and getting old is you can’t remember who you told what. So then everyone thinks your losing “it” because you repeat yourself. You aren’t losing “it“, you are just having trouble keeping […]
Share Momma’s House, Daddy’s at Home! By Don Doran / a couple of months ago I drive a bus for a day school here in the city we live in. I have passengers who are over the age of eighteen and under the age of four or five. All of these are developmentally disabled for various reasons. One of the four year olds on my bus has cerebral palsy. A […]
Share My Friend Said, Don’t Worry! By Don Doran / a couple of months ago My Friend Said, Don’t Worry! Last night, after the house had quieted down and all had gone to bed, I took some time to have a talk with my friend. I had a few things that I needed to thank Him for. I also had a few things I needed to talk to Him about. […]
Share You Know Too Much! By Don Doran / a few months ago You Know Too Much! I was thumbing through one of the note books my Dad kept his sermon notes in and came across a sermon that spoke to my heart. I would like to share it with you. I remember him preaching this many times and will try to put it into words as best […]
Share Who are You? By Don Doran / a few months ago Who Are You? Good morning! I hope your week is getting off to a good start. Several years ago I was at a city event, next to where we were was some folks with a small Chihuahua dog on a leash. This dog acted like it was ferocious and would tear up anything it got […]