Mark’s Remarks

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…

Yes, here is yet another column related to the movie “The Blind Side.” It’s rare that I would write so many different columns on one movie. I have a couple…

No one is for sure if Mark Twain said this or not, but it sounds like him: “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” In the wake of all…

I have written several times that I am a recovering neatness-nut. It’s a struggle.  However, wasted quality time with family and friends over the years simply because I was more…

As I write, we have returned from our recent family vacation to the Great Smoky Mountains.  I sit in a living room littered with the unpacked cargo we brought in…