“Why are you putting on your tennis shoes? You going for a run?” That’s what I asked our son, Steven, Sunday afternoon as Monieca and I were preparing to leave the apartment where he and Sara live in Columbia. We had driven down after church to meet them for lunch at California Dreaming. Later at… 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 »
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 »
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 »
Today and Tomorrow
I became a believer and follower of Jesus as a teenager. It was an exciting time and dramatic changes to how I viewed my life were taking place. What I didn’t know then was how much those changes were setting the course for my future. Looking back I now realize that without those changes, I… Read More »
What A Burden
Read the following Bible verse several times: Romans 9:1-4a “I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake… Read More »
I Didn’t Know
My annual eye exam was this week and the good news is I don’t need new glasses. My vision really hasn’t changed much in more than a decade, so I’m happy about that. I began wearing glasses my first semester of seminary. I was 22 and noticed that reading small print gave me a headache.… Read More »