I don’t recommend moving to anyone at this point. Okay, if it’s absolutely necessary and your mind is strongly bent, go for it. BUT, be forewarned. You will spend a year or more getting settled. Friends keep writing and congratulating us on “getting settled” in. Ha & Hogwash! (g)

It’s not that we’re not making progress. It’s not that we didn’t Pipeline about half our stuff to others BEFORE we moved. It’s just that many of the things we did move don’t seem to have a handy place to be – especially in my office!

For instance, it took many weeks to finally get my G4 computer set up. As our daughter, Kathi, helped us, we gradually found pieces to the ‘puter setup. She found printers, an external hard drive, cords and more cables.

When everything was said and done, the last thing found was my precious scanner. It’s not an expensive scanner, but it does a great job for me. HOWEVER, we couldn’t find the power cord for it.

Well, I’ve done without my scanner for several months now. A few days ago, it occurred to me that for very little money, I could go to HP on the internet and order a new power cord. Can’t hurt to have an extra when the other one shows up, right?

It came yesterday. In about 30 seconds, my scanner was doing what it was designed to do – SCANNING! It works like a dream. What an amazing difference an $8.00 power cord made.

As you can see in the graphic, the scanner (in the upper right corner of the picture) is about three feet away from the hodgy-podgy conglomeration of power cords on the floor. I wasn’t able to train the electricity to jump from the back of the scanner hole to the six way power plug strip on the floor. Definitely needed a cord to conduct the power.

Now, let’s shift gears. The concept of spiritual power is sprinkled throughout the scriptures. What comes to your mind? How would you define “spiritual power” in the Church? Why is The Church very often powerless? Why are many believers pushed about by the enemy on a regular basis? Why do our prayers often not rise above the ceiling of the room in which we’re praying? What’s the solution? I really want you to think this through and see what God says to you. E-mail me with your ideas, experiences, even conclusions. If the congregation with which you worship seems to be “plugged in”, I’d like to hear about that, too. Click on the “Contact Us” tab at the top of the page or use the “Leave a Reply” box below!  Include prayer requests and praise reports if you want to. We DO pray and rejoice with our readers.

SOME SELECTED RESPONSES TO “HAIR! HAIR!”

– Another good piece! It has me thinking because I am trying a new barber this afternoon. The good thing for me is that I prefer my hair be cut very short. Just put a #2 on the blade and get to ripping 🙂 . I hope that you will find someone who will cut it the way your prefer. I agree totally that the six weeks saying is meaningless, especially to those who have enough hair to style. I am also looking for the other suggestions you left at the end of your piece.

– Oh, my, what a hatchet job she must have done on you! Well, you could take some “AVACOR”, hee,hee, I see that commercial 25 times a day if the tv is on Now I am going to definitely think of you each time I see that commercial. I hope your hair grows back promptly! Hope you are earnestly looking for a new beautician. They are hard to come by these days, I’ve had the same one for 10 years. If I’d lose her, I’d be in a pickle, she does my hair for half price because of my limited income. She is a precious person, and she loves me. I love her. I do hope you are blessed with a perfect hairdresser!

– Yes, I would say you are having a bad hair day. It reminded me of a haircut that my husband got. J__, J___ my Mom & I were up in Tacoma visiting J__’s Dad which we did ever year as long as he was alive.

J__ and I took the ferry from Seattle up to Victoria B.C. Up and back the same day. J__ decided he needed a haircut and we saw this sign of a barber. It was down a flight of stairs and so down we went. The barber said he could do it later in the day and he gave us a time. The price was something like $ 3.25 which was very high at that time. I tried to talk J__ out of it, because of the price (child of the depression, you know) but he insisted. So we left and did the tourist bit for a few hours. J__ went back at the stated time. I did something else while he was getting his hair cut.

When I figured he would be about done, I went down the stairs. About half way down, I could look down and see the persons below. I just burst out laughing!! I wish you could have seen this haircut. The bowl the guy used must have been scalloped, and besides it was cut away up to the top of his head. As you stated, it did grow out, but he sure hated to go back to work with that beautiful hairdo.

– I have been going to the same gal since 1975. She is the only one who, when faced with cutting or styling my hair, didn’t run her fingers through it saying, “Ooooh, your hair is so fine.” That was always the statement that was a prelude to wreaking havoc with my head. So, I know how you feel .

– We have many haircut stories to write about, but B__ could tell them better than I could, however he does not type as well. He has had a flat top or buzz cut ever since I have known him, which is almost 53 years and we have been married almost 51 of those. He always loved the ocean and when he was in Miami as a kid he worked at the tourist attraction, Theatre of the Sea, and had his hair wet so much that a crew cut was natural for him. Then, in the service he had to keep on his flight helmet so much he maintained it and still has hair although not so much anymore. He is still the love of my life and I would love him even if he was bald.

When our boys were little they hated to go to the barber shop so we invested in clippers and they were miniatures of their dad, buzz cut and all. Now they each have more hair than both of us put together.

I do pray that both you and Pat are healthy and happy up there. And YES, Jerry your hair will grow back. We are finally getting our house back in shape again after 6 months since the hurricane damage, but many folks still have blue tarps on their roofs. God is Good, though, all the time.

– Haircuts grow out. Nonetheless, it does not make it any less embarrassing or painful. There are sometimes that we don’t listen to God and do what we want and how we think a certain thing should be handled. Unfortunately, we then have the responsibility of that particular decision for years to come. Many times it isn’t like a bad hair cut and is taken care of in 6 weeks. Sometimes it is a lifetime responsibility because of choosing to do it our way. Then, sometimes, God is gracious and lets us get out of it in 6 weeks.

– The Hair Cut, what we can see of it, looks a little disappointing. But, it is our pride that gets in the way, isn’t it. Would a hat only draw attention to our pride or would the bad haircut draw even more attention. You have my deepest sympathy. I know, when a bad haircut shows up we want to bury our head in the sand for the next six weeks.

My daughter lives in Poland. She is a Missionary teaching English as a Second Language using Bible Based curriculum. She has been there for 7 years and in all that time has never been fortunate enough to get a decent haircut. She wants to hide when some of the haircuts have gone wrong but you have to live with it and pretend you don’t know how bad it looks.

So I can sympathize with you as I sympathize with her, and if I send this on to her I am sure she will sympathize with you also. Happy hunting for your next Hair Stylist.

– Well, it is high time you let Pat learn how to cut your hair. Sure, at first it will be iffy…. but she will learn and then you will be delighted and have a few dollars more in your pocket. That’s my take on it. Don’t they have any male barbers left in Georgia? We have one in our town, but I’d say it is too far a drive for you. : )

I remember in grade school that my father who always cut our hair (and did well at it), cut my hair in a new modern “boy” style.

That was the first year i did not smile for my school photograph. To add insult to injury, my cousins gave me hand me down clothes, a hot pink plaid dress, which my Mother insisted I wear for the photo. I was one somber faced kid. Same face, different hair. It took longer than six weeks to grow out that haircut since I’m a girl!

Come to think of it, i refused all haircuts after that and sported very long hair in the seasons to come.

– I always cut my own, simply because when I have someone else do it, they cut it way too short and I hate it. It’s getting hard for me to cut it now and it may not be even, but by Gosh, I don’t get scalped. LOL! Love ya, Jerry.

– I really was blessed by the comments, I really know about haircuts and perms SOO, I am praying for your next barber to do your kind of job.

– My hair has been receding for about 15 years (since I was 35), but is still there and black and not balding out so I just get it cut short and manageable so it looks decent. With lots of guys shaving it off completely these days, hair to me is a personal form of prestige for many. I just want to look decent is all. After all I’ve been through and nearly dying twice this past 5 years, I’m in a whole new world it seems, and I try hard to stay positive (I’m glad this computer has ‘Spell Check’, or else I’d look geekee!!!) You are a helper, for sure. Blessings to you and yours.

– Oh, Jerry! this article made me smile! It is funny – to a woman! Get a haircut or a dog license – you must tell Pat I love her sense of humor!

Anyhow, I cut all of the males heads in our house for likely 34 years and for many years there were FIVE heads so you can imagine what that would have cost had we done it professionally! But now my Darling Husband’s hair is thinning so that makes it difficult to cut and I told him he needs to go to a barber. He has now – twice.

The point about not doing exactly like God tells us – using your story as an analogy is so very good. Appreciate it. Thanks for your insights!

– C_______ here. I appreciate your prayers. I have been having totally bad hair days as I have been laid up with three herniated discs. But PRAISE GOD! I have lots of prayer time and Bible-reading time.

– Long, long time since I have responded to anything or just e-mailed you. Some of it has been that you have been moving and there is time in between being able to check the ‘ol e-mail there. Hope all is coming along okay and that you and Pat are getting settled. Loved the piece about the haircut. When my boys and girls were young, I always cut their hair, in fact, B____ wouldn’t let anyone touch his hair until he left home. Much better outcome than yours.

– Hey, I just read your site and I just wanted to say thanks for posting that article on the net. It was inspiring and heaps good to read I actually happened to be looking for the lyrics to that song “not too far from here”. because i’ve got the song on cd. i used the google search, and just happened to click your site!! However coincidental it may have been, I believe God wanted me to read what you’d written. Thanks again. (M_____, Victoria, Australia)

– So, how are you doing? Have you found a special picnic bench yet? I read your latest “Hair News” and had to laugh, especially, working where I work (a hair salon). We have had people come in who have gone to a different stylist and were not listened to, so I can totally empathize with you. A bad haircut is not funny. Yes, it will grow back, but both R______ & I have received horrible ones and you just don’t want to leave the house for about 2 months.

Hang in there. I’m sure you will find someone who will do a good job for you. If I may suggest, check other men and women out. If you like their hair, ask them where they get theirs done. Most people are willing to share their barber/stylist with you – it gives them a high compliment and you get some possible good information. Good luck with it.

– I guess your stylist really had a “hair brained” idea about doing your hair. That was a funny haircut on that page. Thanks for your prayers, pardner.