Gadzooks! Can it really be 2020? That sounds more like what I wish my vision was than an actual year. Wasn’t it only yesterday when we sat holding our breath awaiting Y2K and wondering if all the computers in the world would go crazy and die? The only thing that happened was that a bunch of consultants got rich telling us our computers would go crazy and … [Read more...] about December 30, 2019: Ready Or Not, Here Comes 2020
2019 Columns
December 23, 2019: Resolve To Make A Positive Difference In Someone’s Life
Have you thought about what kind of difference you have made in this world by your presence here ? Or could make? Or should make? Dr. Bill Burch has stepped into the large footprints left behind by the retired Dr. Gil Watson, the World’s Greatest Preacher, and has shown without doubt that he can flat preach a lick or two himself. Recently, he shared a story about … [Read more...] about December 23, 2019: Resolve To Make A Positive Difference In Someone’s Life
December 16, 2019: I Wish I Had Been There. In Bethlehem
These words are dedicated to the memory of my friend, the late Otis Brumby, Jr., publisher of the Marietta Daily Journal. He encouraged me to run this column each Christmas season. It is also dedicated to those who believe. I wish I had been there. In Bethlehem. I wish I had witnessed the birth of the baby Jesus in a lowly manger. Was it really as … [Read more...] about December 16, 2019: I Wish I Had Been There. In Bethlehem
December 9, 2019: Some Thoughts for Gov. Brian Kemp on His First Year in Office
Dear Governor: Forgive me for not writing you sooner. I didn’t want you to think I had forgotten you, but I know you have been busy. It is hard to believe it has been almost a year since you were sworn into office as Georgia’s 83rd governor and the second member of the Nu Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha at our beloved University of Georgia. The other, of … [Read more...] about December 9, 2019: Some Thoughts for Gov. Brian Kemp on His First Year in Office
December 2, 2019: Remembering The Night They Turned Out The Lights On Christmas Eve
When I see ads about stores being open until midnight and beyond during the Christmas shopping season, I want to cry. Where were these people when I needed them? It was Christmas 1984. I owned my own public relations firm and, thankfully, it was very successful. As much work as I could handle. On Christmas Eve, I was finishing up an assignment for a large client which involved … [Read more...] about December 2, 2019: Remembering The Night They Turned Out The Lights On Christmas Eve