It Was One of Those Weeks 
​Dr. James L. Snyder
     At my stage in life, I have experienced a gazillion weeks. I thought about actually counting how many weeks I have lived, but I don’t have that many fingers or toes.
     I do have one complaint this week. Who was that knucklehead that invented the telephone? I would like to call him and give him a piece of my mind, if I have any pieces left...
I Didn’t Know How Young I Really Was 
​Dr. James L. Snyder
    I have heard it said that confession is good for the soul. I want to take that a step further and say confession is good for the body as well.
​    When I get up in the morning, I feel achy, not to mention grouchy because the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage mentions that. I get up feeling old and dreary. I wallow in despair, thinking how old I really am and not knowing what to do with it.
​A Minister And A Day Off His Rocker
​Dr. James L. Snyder
10/10/19
​I was tootling along one day last week, quite focused on getting my business for the day done. In fact, I was feeling good about the progress I was making with my “to-do list.” Nothing is more satisfying to me than the sense of being in control of my schedule. I love checking off items on my “to-do list.”...READ MORE
To Grin or Not to Grin, Is My Dilemma 
​Dr. James L. Snyder
10/3/19
​Through the years, I have experienced one dilemma after another. I remember my father once told me, “Son, when life delivers you a dilemma, make lemonade out of it.” To which I looked at him with a big grin and said, “Is there any dilemma I can make a root beer out of it?”...[Read More]
I Wasn’t Born Old It Just Happened That Way ​
​Dr. James L. Snyder
​It was a Monday evening right after supper and the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were watching TV. “Oh,” my wife said, “by the way, the girls and I are going to go thrift store shopping all day tomorrow.” The next morning as we were fi nishing breakfast my wife said, “The girls and I will be going thrift store shopping today and therefore you are on your own.” [Read More]

It Was a Belly-Binge Kind of Day
​Dr. James L. Snyder

A Pastor's Story
It was a Monday evening right after supper and the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were watching TV. “Oh,” my wife said, “by the way, the girls and I are going to go thrift store shopping all day tomorrow.” The next morning as we were fi nishing breakfast my wife said, “The girls and I will be going thrift store shopping today and therefore you are on your own.”
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