| A Pacemaker Progress ReportIt is now nearly ten days since I had my two-lead pacemaker installed. It is set on 75 beats a minute, which a little more than double the rate my heart had been beating on its own.
I haven't realby Mark Conard |
| The Way We Were (Methodist Wise Speaking)May 1968 was the thirtieth--and final session--of the Central Kansas Conference of The Methodist Church. It had been formed in 1939 with the unification of American Methodism. It was essentially comprby Mark Conard |
| A Club I Hadn't Planned to JoinI am not one to join clubs or organizations. My father was in the Masons and the Lions Club. I have been invited at one time or another to join the Rotary Club, the Civitan Club, Kiwanis Internationalby Mark Conard |
| No Ugly Duckling(s) at Jurisdictional ConferenceIt was my third "big church meeting" of the year, following General Conference in Fort Worth and Kansas West Annual Conference in Salina. This time, it was the South Central Jurisdictional Cby Mark Conard |
| Our Pond Is Evaporating (with apologies to John Kotter)One of the features of the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, site of this summer’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference, was a seven-acre “sculpture park,” with a walking trail and a goldby Mark Conard |