Crossroads: Where Love and Faith Intersect

Greetings, I'm Wes Huntington, and welcome to the Crossroads Blog.  I appreciate the fact that you have taken the time to read this blog, and I also appreciate the positive response we have been getting from readers.  Keep it up!  This will also probably be the last post of the month, as next Thursday is Thanksgiving. I hope you will take the time to enjoy a small respite from whatever you're doing, eating some well-deserved home cooking, and above all, enjoying the time you are having with your families. The blog post this week is about Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving is that time of year where we sit around a dinner table, eating turkey (or at least some kind of main dish), eating some rolls and side dishes, and above all, having decent and loving conversations with our loved ones. We all must cherish the time we spend with our loved ones, because we never know how long they're going to be with us. That's all I have to say for this week, and until De...

Greetings.  Welcome to the Crossroads Blog.  I am Wes Huntington, Student Resident, Communications Specialist and Social Engineer.  You know what today is, it's Blog Day! As the above meme has stated, this blog will go serious today. This is in fact tying into last night's Worship service, as we honored All Saints Day.  Most of us lit candles and put them into a sand pot. I remember telling Pastor Tammy that I wanted to light at least a few more candles.  It was too late to realize that would have been okay with her. As we all honored our loved ones by lighting the candles and praying, I want to share three experiences of death that are still near and dear to my heart.  The first one is about my uncle Kent, who passed away shortly before Halloween in 1996 due to the AIDS virus.   I was really close to my uncle Kent, who had an original Game Boy that whenever he was living with my grandparents (my dad's parents), I would always ask to play it. ...