Mark’s Remarks

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…

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…