Category: Manager’s Memo

Manager’s Memo 3-18-20

As head janitor, I have learned God sometimes has an answer all ready for me when I ask the question. Thank you for your feedback. There was a lot of it. And overwhelmingly, more than 95%, the response was be careful, but carry on. So here is what we are planning, barring a sudden and tumultuous change in our current situation. We are going to hold on to our Sharathon schedule, but in a highly mod ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 3-13-20

I’m the head janitor here at the Journey. I’ve been a head janitor for much of my professional life at one organization or another. Being head janitor means you get to think about tomorrow and the next day and the next month and the next year, instead of just being focused on the details of what happens today. I wrestle with that thinking about tomorrow escalating to worrying about tomorrow, and t ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 2-28-20

The spring rains have begun. Temperatures are growing warmer and days are growing longer. My lawn is starting to green up and needs to be mowed. And Wanda is beginning to make noise about plants and flowers for the yard. Spring is upon us. If you are new to the Journey family, you should know the arrival of spring also means the coming of our Spring Sharathon. I’m sure you realize, raising money i ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 2-11-20

Forty-two years ago, this week, an adrift young man just short of his nineteenth birthday borrowed a friend’s car and drove to downtown Dallas to take a test to receive his third-class radio telephone operator’s license. A couple of hours later, he left the Commerce Building with permit number P3-10-39728, having gotten 38 out of 40 questions right on his first attempt. As I recall, it was the bes ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 1-23-20

My father in law was a stripper. Every day for 38 years, he prepared plates that went on a printing press, or stripping, at the press company he worked for. Those plates were used to create a perfect copy of the original document when the press ran. Any marks, dust, or imperfections on the plate would be duplicated on every page that came from the press. My wife, his youngest daughter, tells the s ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 12-31-19

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actuall ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 12-13-19

Where does the time go? Hard to believe it was three years ago, we completed the tower project and replaced a thirty-year-old antenna. We finally have billboards up in these new areas letting people know they can find hope on the Journey.  And this year, the station was blessed with a new to us building that will meet our needs for many years to come. We are truly blessed. Our prayer every day is ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 11-29-19

The Christmas season is upon us again.  My sister came to visit Thanksgiving week.  At one point, Wanda got out all of the pictures we brought home after my Mom’s passing and cackled with glee as we look at photos from our past.  Now it has me feeling a bit nostalgic, thinking about loved ones both past and present, and longing for a celebration when we will all be together again. God feels the sa ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 11-27-2019

David says in Psalm 100 know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us and we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his loves endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. As we celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends, don’t forget to be ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 11-20-2019

David says in Psalm 100 know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us and we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his loves endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. As we celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends, don’t forget to be ... Read More