Insights & Guidance for Planning Ahead

(I wrote this article in 2018. My wife keeps it in our bulletin board as a reminder to me.) I am like most people. I tend to do the same things the same way, over and over. Even in church, I gravitate to the east side, sitting in about the same pew each Sunday. Sunday (December 9) I was running a little late. So as to disturb as few people as possible, I slipped in on the west side of the United Methodist Church, and sat in a west side pew. Many of you know that the Hays Meth

Before we traveled to Colorado for vacation in August, my wife encouraged me to go to the doctor because I was having trouble with my Achille’s tendon. I had been limping around since the middle of July, after I had walked a great distance in sandals without any support. I argued that I didn’t have the time or the need to see a doctor. I refused, arguing I could stretch and exercise my Achille’s. Besides, I am a macho man and I can power through pain. A few days into the v