Who is the only member of Christ Church who is a veteran of WW II? Here’s a clue, this person served in the US Coast Guard. Many of you who are members or regular attendees of Christ Church know the answer is Mrs. Robbie Jones.
Robbie grew up in Spur, TX which is about [...]

I was given a link this week to a very interesting story about Mother Teresa, the late Roman Catholic nun who was known around the world for her compassionate service to children, invalids and lepers in India. Mother Teresa (born Agnes Bojaxhiu) served in the most difficult of circumstances. Those she served were beyond the [...]

Many of you may have noticed the preciptious dropoff of blog posts, and bulletin announcements sicne the turn of the year. You may have even wondered if I am going to be bothered with this anymore. All I can say is:

I’m sorry
I’ll try and do better
This is a good model for how we should handle [...]

We are about to enter a new year shortly, the year of our Lord 2007. While this new year is not as distinct as when the new Millennium came around in 2000 (or even when a new decade begins, as will happen in 2010), the beginning of a new year is a good opportunity [...]

Have you read through the entire Bible? About the time I finished High School, I got the idea that I should read through the Bible as part of becoming an educated man. I sat down and calculated the number of chapters in the entire Bible and discovered that if I read a chapter a [...]

Being thankful is not an easy thing. It is especially difficult when we are experience a “frowning Providence” as the Puritans used to say (that is, difficult circumstances). We live in a world where people around us get ill, car accidents occur, marriages break up, children disobey, wars happen, and so on… [...]

I had the opportunity this week to listen to an old podcast of R.C. Sproul’s Renewing Your Mind broadcast from October 5th. The subject was the philosophy of Pragmatism, which is perhaps the only “school” of Philosophy made in America. Pragmatism is built into the fiber of our country. Two of the [...]