Mark’s Remarks

No, I’m not old enough to refer to the Sears catalog the way my grandparents did. The catalog had many functions and gave a whole new meaning to the word…

We took my mom along for a weekend trip recently, and it’s always fun to have her along.  Our parents remind us we are someone’s child too, even when we…

I was tinkering around the house the other day and an infomercial came on. It was “The Lost Episodes of the Carol Burnett Show.” It was the first time I’ve…

It’s not easy coming up with things to write about every week. The hardest part is having an idea hit you, make total sense and seem to be such a…

You really never think it’s going to happen to you. Suddenly, you find you have lost touch with modern society and much of what you know is passe. Just like…

I can’t tell you how many people I’ve talked to in the past few weeks about the amount of paperwork and extra things they seem to have to do at…

Looking back at past columns, I can’t help noticing that I am what you’d call a vain person. I write about it a lot, it seems. Yes, I want to…

I tease my pastor a lot. He’s a dear friend and a gifted speaker. I am blessed to have him as pastor and friend. I joke that I read while…

Mr. Wright was my Spanish teacher in high school. He had a basement classroom that sat at the corner of the school. It was actually a nice classroom from a…

It’s funny how you forget what a big deal things can be to young folks. I spend a good deal of time assuring and reassuring, squelching fears and comforting. As…

Sometimes I sit and listen to the goings on in my house. I was doing just that the other day. After repairing a wall outlet, I decided to sit there…

I was talking with some of my buddies a few months ago about some of our television crushes when we were growing up. As I talked, my friends fell into…