Remembering Paul C. Melvin
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    • Andy, The Old Airplane
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    • Hard Hats, Valentines, Smells, The Phone and Pills…
    • One Man’s Opinion…Getting New Glasses
  • Newspaper Columns
    • How Arby’s Got Its Logo
    • Testing My Dad’s Mettle
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    • Coast Guard to the Rescue
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    • Remembering Local Companies
    • Restaurants Gone – Memories Endure
  • Dad’s Sermons
    • Some Methodist Potpourri
    • What Is a Methodist?
    • “A Layman Talks About Prayer” (with video)
    • “A Layman Reflects on the 23rd Psalm”
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    • “John, the Sensitive Layman”
    • “Thaddaeus, The Steady Layman”
    • “The Unimportant Layman”
    • “Be Like an Angel”
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    • “Christ’s Provision for His Mother”
    • “From Sand to Rock” (with video)
    • “I Am The Way…”
    • “It Is Finished”
    • “Our Connectional Church”
    • “Someone’s Watching You”
    • “The Samaritan Experience”
    • “The Art of Talking to Yourself”
    • “Temptation”
    • “The More You Practice, The Better You Get”
    • “The Royal Request”
    • “The 21st Century…What?”
    • Sermon – The Word of Victory
    • “When God Doesn’t Make Sense”
    • “When God Shouts!”
    • “Why Did Jesus Die?”
  • Home
  • Family
    • Dad and Mom
    • The Melvin Family Ancestry
    • The Melvin Family History
    • The Hanlin Family History
  • Letters
    • A Letter from Pastor Kline
  • One Man’s Opinion…
    • Andy, The Old Airplane
    • Weightlifting, Pollution, Sleeping in Church, Books & Castles
    • Hard Hats, Valentines, Smells, The Phone and Pills…
    • One Man’s Opinion…Getting New Glasses
  • Newspaper Columns
    • How Arby’s Got Its Logo
    • Testing My Dad’s Mettle
    • Tough Guys
    • Neanderthal Offices
    • Coast Guard to the Rescue
    • When Christmas Was Magical
    • Remembering Local Companies
    • Restaurants Gone – Memories Endure
  • Dad’s Sermons
    • Some Methodist Potpourri
    • What Is a Methodist?
    • “A Layman Talks About Prayer” (with video)
    • “A Layman Reflects on the 23rd Psalm”
    • “Andrew, The One Talent Layman” (with video)
    • “John, the Sensitive Layman”
    • “Thaddaeus, The Steady Layman”
    • “The Unimportant Layman”
    • “Be Like an Angel”
    • “Children of Light”
    • “Christ’s Provision for His Mother”
    • “From Sand to Rock” (with video)
    • “I Am The Way…”
    • “It Is Finished”
    • “Our Connectional Church”
    • “Someone’s Watching You”
    • “The Samaritan Experience”
    • “The Art of Talking to Yourself”
    • “Temptation”
    • “The More You Practice, The Better You Get”
    • “The Royal Request”
    • “The 21st Century…What?”
    • Sermon – The Word of Victory
    • “When God Doesn’t Make Sense”
    • “When God Shouts!”
    • “Why Did Jesus Die?”

Newspaper Columns

Dad wrote several regular columns for The Business Journal in the mid-2000s.

How Arby’s Got Its Logo

Testing My Dad’s Mettle

Tough Guys

Neanderthal Offices

Coast Guard to the Rescue

When Christmas Was Magical

Remembering Local Companies

Restaurants Gone – Memories Endure

 

 

 

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  • Home
  • Family
    • Dad and Mom
    • The Melvin Family Ancestry
    • The Melvin Family History
    • The Hanlin Family History
  • Letters
    • A Letter from Pastor Kline
  • One Man’s Opinion…
    • Andy, The Old Airplane
    • Weightlifting, Pollution, Sleeping in Church, Books & Castles
    • Hard Hats, Valentines, Smells, The Phone and Pills…
    • One Man’s Opinion…Getting New Glasses
  • Newspaper Columns
    • How Arby’s Got Its Logo
    • Testing My Dad’s Mettle
    • Tough Guys
    • Neanderthal Offices
    • Coast Guard to the Rescue
    • When Christmas Was Magical
    • Remembering Local Companies
    • Restaurants Gone – Memories Endure
  • Dad’s Sermons
    • Some Methodist Potpourri
    • What Is a Methodist?
    • “A Layman Talks About Prayer” (with video)
    • “A Layman Reflects on the 23rd Psalm”
    • “Andrew, The One Talent Layman” (with video)
    • “John, the Sensitive Layman”
    • “Thaddaeus, The Steady Layman”
    • “The Unimportant Layman”
    • “Be Like an Angel”
    • “Children of Light”
    • “Christ’s Provision for His Mother”
    • “From Sand to Rock” (with video)
    • “I Am The Way…”
    • “It Is Finished”
    • “Our Connectional Church”
    • “Someone’s Watching You”
    • “The Samaritan Experience”
    • “The Art of Talking to Yourself”
    • “Temptation”
    • “The More You Practice, The Better You Get”
    • “The Royal Request”
    • “The 21st Century…What?”
    • Sermon – The Word of Victory
    • “When God Doesn’t Make Sense”
    • “When God Shouts!”
    • “Why Did Jesus Die?”

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