Our niece, Andrea, gave birth to her first child this past week. Jackson Homer weighted in at over nine pounds. Named after Andrea’s grandfather and dad, he’ll be called Jack. A lot of people have been praying for his safe arrival and are now excited to see him. That got me to thinking: what are… Read More »
Good Intentions and Valentine’s Day
I’m looking at a Valentine Card I purchased a few weeks ago with good intentions. It was for my mom. I was in the Dollar Store one day and saw all these cards. I thought, “Get several cards now and I won’t have to worry about getting them later or risk forgetting to buy cards.”… Read More »
Liam Is Growing And Changing
Tuesday morning we spoke to Jacqueline and Liam in Italy via Skype. Liam had just finished eating lunch and the evidence was on his face. After a few minutes passed I asked him if he had gotten the police car I sent him with our last package. He ran to get it, returning with the… Read More »
A Coach Speaks His Mind
This past Thursday night the South Carolina men’s basketball team played poorly in a bad loss at home to LSU. During coach Frank Martin’s post-game press conference, he spent about ten minutes criticizing his players’ poor effort. He was calm. He never raised his voice. But he was brutally blunt. He accused them of not… Read More »
Meteorites and the Future
Earlier today a meteor struck an area of Russia about 930 miles east of Moscow, creating a shockwave that blew out windows and damaged buildings for miles around. More than 950 people were injured, most suffering minor cuts and bruises from flying glass. However forty-six people remain hospitalized. The meteor was visible in the morning… Read More »
Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and Marty Stuart
It was a story and a song that touched my emotions. Saturday evening Monieca and I attended a Marty Stuart concert with Duncan and Jan Futrelle. It was a blast listening to some of the most talented musicians on the planet play guitars. Stuart sang a song he had written as a tribute to Johnny… Read More »
Growing in Wisdom
Read the following verses about wisdom several times: Luke 2:20 The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. Luke 2:52 And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. Having read this verse several times, what is God… Read More »
It Made Me Smile
I had a breakfast meeting at Panera Bread this morning with some local pastors and I was smiling as I walked toward the front door because of what I had seen when I parked. On the back of the car in the parking space in front of me was one of our First Baptist decals.… Read More »
Alaba a Dios
Alaba a Dios Have you ever felt the joy of the Lord deep in your soul…felt it so deep all you could do was smile? I had that experience twice this weekend as I worshiped with our brothers and sisters in Christ at La Red. Saturday afternoon I had the privilege of praying for the… Read More »
What’s Next?
Monday FBC hosted the annual MLK Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, with several hundred people in attendance. I jotted down a couple of comments made by the keynote speaker, Rev. Dr. Kenneth Monroe, who is the Presiding Prelate of the South Atlantic Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. After briefly recognizing the progress that… Read More »
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