This week I’m sharing a post each day about five books I read this summer. Today’s book: “Your Money After the BIG 5-0” by Larry Burkett and Ron Blue. One of the financial principles they mention is “planning”, because achieving financial goals requires having a plan. Tom Landry, Hall of Fame football coach of the… Read More »
Saturday Mornings and Quiet
I’ve always loved Saturday mornings. As a kid, I’d watch cartoons. It was my favorite day of the week. In many ways it still is. For years I’ve gotten up before Monieca, sat at the counter in our kitchen while drinking coffee and reading the newspaper and the Bible. Now days, I surf for news… Read More »
Simple Things
I seldom watch Major League baseball games on TV. It’s been that way for years. Recently, however, I found myself watching the Baltimore Orioles play the NY Yankees. In a surprise to most baseball fans, the two teams are now tied for first place in the American League East. What you don’t know is that… Read More »
A Good One
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” This brief quote from Abraham Lincoln says a lot in just a few words. It easily applies to the various aspects of a person’s life. If you are a husband or wife, be a good one. If you are a father or mother, be a good one. If… Read More »
Innocence and Beauty of Life
“Thank You for the innocence of life, Father.” That was the prayer I whispered earlier this morning as I walked from the parking lot to my office. Young parents were dropping off their young children at our Sunbeams Day School, when I noticed one mother walking with two children. She was holding the hand of… Read More »
Running the Wrong Direction
The college football season is underway and we’ve already had one play that was both unusual and embarrassing. It occurred during Thursday night’s game between Kent State and Towson. Kent State punted the football to Towson, but the ball bounced and touched the Towson return man. That made it a fumble or a live ball.… Read More »
Proud and Loud
I was talking with members of the stewardship committee last night at our church before their meeting started when I noticed a car pulling into a parking space near the conference room window. On the front bumper was a special license plate. In big blue letters it read “UK”. Of course I pointed it out… Read More »
Prayer Covering
A preschool class room, a custodial supply closet, the elevator, the preschool covered drop off, the baptistry, and the choir loft were the locations at First Baptist where the group I was with prayed during Sunday evening’s Prayer Covering. Safety for our kids and custodians, the continued long-term operation of our equipment, more servant volunteers,… Read More »
You’ve Got To Be Kidding?
It’s a good thing I don’t live in Oklahoma City. Last week a five year old kindergartner was forced to turn his shirt inside out while at school. The reason…are you ready…it was a University of Michigan shirt. That’s right. The city school system enacted rules in 2005 restricting clothing after receiving suggestions from a… Read More »
Steve Spurrier, Football, and Church
Steve Spurrier, current South Carolina Gamecock football coach, has spent his whole life around football in the south. Born to a Methodist minister in Florida, the family eventually settled in east Tennessee where he played high school football. Most teams (at both the high school and college levels) ran the football almost exclusively. Spurrier’s team… Read More »
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