Potato casserole fills the hole

Looking for a scrumptious side to go with that honeybaked ham or turkey?

Here's how to create a delicious potato casserole:

1. One bag of frozen shredded hashbrowns

2. Cup of sour cream

3. Can of creamed chicken soup

4. Chopped onion

5. Cup of shredded cheese

Mix all of the above in a glass baking dish. Bake uncovered @ 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Enjoy! (I had this dish over the holidays this week; definitely a big hit with everyone on Thanksgiving Day.)

Children of Rock Hill

Who are the children of Rock Hill, S.C.?

Who's responsible for them?

Ran across this beautiful video from Rockthrill.net.

Says it all.

Dreamweaver

Students in the mass communication department at Winthrop University are getting their feet (and hands) wet with Adobe Dreamweaver software as they construct Web packages.

Winthrop mass communication major Debra Seth brought this 1976 song, by Gary Wright, to my attention in class today.

Name of the song?

Dreamweaver.

Sermon hits home

Scott Carroll (pictured with this blog post) says that people should learn how to worship before they actually worship.

He says no church should automatically assume that its members know how to worship.

Carroll, speaking to the congregation this morning at West End Baptist Church in Rock Hill, S.C., gave several pointers for effective or meaningful worship, including:

1. Get pumped BEFORE you set foot in the Lord's house. Meaning get psyched up. Get excited. Get in the proper frame of mind (and for goodness sakes open your mind!) to learn something new that will change your life. Whatever you do, don't dread going to church. Don't view church as another Sunday morning of polite drudgery. Doesn't have to be that way. Shouldn't be that way, Carroll says.

2. While you're in the sanctuary and at the worship service, don't detract from others. Don't write your grocery list or to-do list. Don't yawn or fall asleep. Don't frown or sigh or be a nuisance...

3. After you leave church, focus on the positive of what you learned, heard or experienced in the worship service. Find something good and helpful (from that worship service) that can boost others and bring them closer to God.

Good, engaging food for thought from Carroll.

Magazines go with "augmented reality"

Who could imagine that you could see a video by opening a magazine?

That's what Esquire magazine is doing, thanks to a new technology called "augmented reality."

Learned about this from Aubrey Gillespie, who sent me this link of Esquire magazine and the video.

Aubrey is a student in my Media Writing class at Winthrop. Thanks Aubrey!

Dorothy, Patrick and Joelle and baby

Dorothy, my oldest daughter, and her husband Patrick live in Durham, N.C.

They've been praying for a baby.

Now they may have found one--from Joelle, who lives in Ohio.

This past weekend, Joelle drove to Durham to meet Dorothy and Patrick for the first time.

She is the birth mother. Dorothy and Patrick will be the adoptive parents.

We wish them all well.

Turn up your sound and click on the slide show (with music) at this link to see what happened when a young woman from Ohio connected (finally in person) with Dorothy and Patrick.

Powerful anti-abortion trailer

Don't know what side of the abortion debate you are on, but an independent film maker has just created "Blood Money."

Definitely powerful and moving and food for thought.

Click on the hotlink boldface headline above to see a trailer to "Blood Money."