It was a typical Sunday night in my home church. Attendance was normal, the music was normal…nothing was out of the ordinary. It was one of many occasions when my pastor asked me to preach and the sermon was about the crucified life as described in Galatians 2:20. Yet something was different. I still remember… Read More »
Death and Retirement
Last week our church hosted a “Preparing for Retirement” seminar. It was for church employees who have retirement funds invested with GuideStone Financial Resources, an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention. Several of our staff attended and I had registered. Unfortunately my illness and heart cath prevented me from participating. I’m only 54, but I… Read More »
Chuck Colson, Watergate and Jesus
Chuck Colson died Saturday. I first heard his name when I was 14 years old. President Nixon was running for a second term in 1972 and it was the first time I had paid a lot of attention to the whole process. I watched both national conventions on TV that summer. The Watergate scandal was… Read More »
Saturday Mornings
Saturday has always been my favorite day of the week. More specifically, Saturday morning has always been my favorite part of my favorite day. I know…as a preacher I’m supposed to say Sunday. Don’t get me wrong. I love to worship with God’s people on Sunday. Monieca and I go to church somewhere even when… Read More »
Heart Cath and Other Stuff
I imagine many of you who read this blog have probably already heard that I had a heart catheterization Tuesday morning. Good news is that my heart is fine…no blockages. The chest pains and other symptoms that led to the procedure are the result of something else. We’re not sure what that something else is… Read More »
Missing Out
We had gone to Snake Valley Lake for the evening to fish (how do you like that name) and we always did pretty well there. For some reason I don’t remember, I got mad and did what little kids often do – I pouted. I told dad I didn’t want to fish anyway and just… Read More »
Celebrating Easter
Finding the lucky egg was the best part of Easter when I was a kid. It was worth a quarter when I was really young but its worth grew to a dollar as I grew older. Eggs were hidden in a four acre field we cut for hay and all the cousins ran all over… Read More »
Eight is Great
A comfortable chair near the bed in my grandfather’s (Pa) bedroom was the place I spent many Monday and Saturday nights as a kid in the late 60s listening to the local radio station broadcast Kentucky Wildcats basketball games. Legendary announcer Cawood Ledford’s description of the games made the action in Lexington, Knoxville, Baton Rouge… Read More »
Uncomfortable
A pastor serving in another denomination wrote the following: “When I was a college student, I participated in a program where I spent my junior year abroad in Europe. I remember the experience of exploring for the first time the city where I would spend a year. At first, everything appeared to be different: the… Read More »
Laughing the Loudest
Last night six of us went to dinner and a comedy show featuring Christian comedian Aaron Wilburn and it was a blast. He’s really funny (you can easily find him with a Google search) and had us laughing for about 90 minutes. I loved his bit about a redneck GPS. He also incorporated funny songs… Read More »
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