THE 42nd GENERATION

Our License Plates JRUSALM & JERUSLM WHY? By James Eugene Barbush 2021 Blue Mountain Parkway Harrisburg, PA  17112 (717) 514-5549 JamesEBarbush@GMail.com I have had vanity license plates for many years, since about 1989.  For our 2 cars at the time, I had JRUSALM for one car and JERUSLM for our other car.  Why? Initially, I wanted to get MT ZION, but when I applied at Penn DOT for that one, I was told it was taken.  So, I stood there at the counter and came up with JRUSALM and JERUSLM, one for each car.  Why? First, a vanity license plate usually says something about the person and conveys a message .  The person wants to convey to other people a message about themselves or something.  What is the message I wanted to convey?  I will get to that. Second, a license plate is can be a banner that we express over our lives and in our lives.  Again, a message is being conveyed about what a person believ...

I am ONLY 67 years old.  Actually, I am OVER 67-1/2 years old.  Not that I'm counting.   This year, in September 2017, I am attending my 50th High School Reunion.  As this milestone event began to rise on the horizon, I wondered about it and was thinking, " 50 YEARS, that's 1/2 CENTURY.  That's a long time.  That was another time in the history of my generation.  Things are so different today, not like they were when I was a teenager. This is a time that my father would not recognize.  I can hardly believe, but I do believe, the differences, both good and bad, between now and then." THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE I KNEW.  Coming to this age of 67, being retired, and thinking about 50 years having gone by since high school, I have been thinking about people that I used to know and saw on a daily basis in our relationships.  That has brought me to looking at those people from two generations, my generation and the generation before me. ...

Let us pretend that we are in the crowd that is addressed by Jesus in the below Bible verses. Let us pretend that, though we are in the crowd, Jesus is speaking directly to each one of us individually. Mark 8:34-38  English Standard Version  (modified by this author for emphasis) And calling the crowd to Him with His disciples, Jesus said to them,  “ If anyone would come after Me,  ... let him  deny himself and      ... let him take up his cross and    ... let him  follow Me.    For  whoever would save his life will lose it ,  But whoever loses his life for My sake  and the gospel's will save it .   For what does it profit a man  ... to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?   For  what can a man give   ... in return for his soul?   For  whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words  ... in this  adulterous and s...

The date was set, May 22, 1988, Pentecost Sunday.  The plans were made.  Invitations were ready to be sent.  We had discussed the arrangements with Pastor Tom.  We developed a unique wedding like no other.  This would be a Pentecost to remember forever - a filling of the Holy Spirit in a special way.   The music selections were from our favorite tapes by Don Meon with "Give Thanks", Leon Patillo with "Flesh of My Flesh", and Scott Wesley Brown with "I Was Born To Love You".  These were songs very special in our spiritual lives, songs that brought us into His Kingdom deeper and deeper. Six weeks before the well planned and set date, May 22, 1988, my fiance, Yvonne, called off the wedding.  In spite of my pleadings she said, "It's not going to happen."  Wow.  I was put into a whirlwind of loss, a struggle that was devastating.  There was nothing I could say or do to make the wedding happen. I remember a Friday morning, ...

Bishop McDevitt High School Class of 1967 400 Classmates 198 Boys       202 Girls    39 Deceased  361 Living _______________________________________________ Prepared by James Barbush If you find an error, please contact Jim at JamesEBarbush@GMail.com (717) 514-5549 ________________________________________________ Bishop McDevitt High School Class of 1967 Classmates (39 Deceased) Sorted by Date of Passing No. First Middle Last Married  Date of Passing       1 Harry D. Beech Jr. Wed, Apr 16, 1969 2 Stephen Anthony Zales Fri, Nov 26, 1976 3 David Anthony Yablon Tue, Jul 17, 1979 4 David John Brown Tue, Apr 01, 1980 5 Michael J. Hanshaw Wed, May 01, 1985 6 Mary Kathryn Moran Calnan Sun, Jul 08, 1990 7 Richard Joseph Shustack Fr...