by Duke Clarke | Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Day 58 – Back to Ohio for more training… After 3 years of working in New York, those of us that were training together back in 1972-73, were asked to come back to Ohio for a year. It was sort of like a sabbatical year of no “field” responsibilities except that...
by Duke Clarke | Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Day 57 – Maybe not the smartest decision I’ve made… During the ministry year of 1975-1976, I was given the assignment of running the entire state of New York. I was to leave my work in Long Island and take over the whole state which meant overseeing fellowships...
by Duke Clarke | Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Day 56 – Somebody to take care of Mama… When Mama got divorced, it was hard on her. Yes, she got out of an abusive marriage, but in the 60s, divorce was still not acceptable to most people. Debby and I were still in high school, so raising two teenagers and...
by Duke Clarke | Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Day 55 – Learning the balance of life… As I mentioned in an earlier writing, from the age of 12 I felt like I was going to have to be responsible for my own life. Mama was very kind and loving to me, but she was dealing with her own life of divorce from Daddy,...
by Duke Clarke | Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Day 54 – The difference between discipline and passion… The one-year training I did in Ohio after graduating from ECU, was very demanding and through. It involved the complete Body, Soul, and Spirit of the individual. After that year, I continued my routines of...
by Duke Clarke | Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Day 53 – When is it time to grow up? I grew up in Greenville, NC as I have talked about several times before. That being the case, from the first grade until I graduated from college at East Carolina University, I was in the same town. Mama remarried my...
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