The news of devastation from Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar this week has no doubt prompted many to pray for that land. I was not very familiar with the country we used to know as Burma. Our prayers can be better informed by going to the website below to learn more about the spiritual needs of [...]
Ben Stein’s movie Expelled was released this weekend. Mary and I went to see it on Friday evening. In case you haven’t heard about it, Ben Stein means to sound the alarm that freedom is in grave danger in the good ole US of A. How? Because complete freedom of thought is being systematically and [...]
I am now sitting in the Jackson, MS airport with Pastor Carroll, ready to make our way home. Our annual time at the Twin Lakes Fellowship is over. It was a very good time - seeing old friends, making new ones, and being encouraged from the Word of God (yes, pastors need that too!) [...]
John Carroll and I have just arrived at the Twin Lakes Fellowship outside Jackson, MS. Right now, Dr. Ligon Duncan is speaking to us about the purpose and mission of the Fellowship. It is a time for pastors to be refreshed, encouraged and energized for the work of a pastor - bringing the ordinary means [...]
Today at the Katy B PF group Pastor Carroll mentioned Ben Stein’s upcoming documentary on the ejection of God from modern scientific discourse. Here is the link to the movie for those of you who were interested in learning more about it - http://www.expelledthemovie.com/playground.php
I have been thinking and praying a lot about what it means to be part of Christ’s Universal Church. A couple of things brought it the forefront of my thoughts. The first is the blessing my wife, Renee, received by attending the Women in the Church conference in Atlanta about a week ago. The second [...]
Months of drought in western Virginia and some human carelessness along with high winds caused by an Arctic front, resulted in wildfires which spread across the ridge behind the family farm where I grew up just west of Montvale. By Sunday, my sister, Betty, and her family including our mother and 500 other families [...]
It’s 2008 and January is going fast. In thinking about my spiritual growth, I am always challenged by these words of the prophet Jeremiah:
Your words were found, and I ate them,
and your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name
O Lord, God of hosts. [...]