Our daughter had an automobile accident recently. It’s always frightening to get the phone call from your child that begins with “I’ve had an accident.” She wasn’t hurt. This is familiar territory for this family. We’ve lost cars through collisions before. I read from Luke 7 earlier this week. …
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Ideas
A couple weeks ago I attended worship with April, her brother and his wife at Bethel Atlanta. We’ve attended worship there several times over the last few years, and we’ve always enjoyed the experience and environment. On this particular Sunday, we arrived so early the first worship service was still in session. The last time…
More Than Water
This is so much more than water. Over the span of several mornings I read the sixth chapter of the gospel of John. In a nut shell, I find this chapter to be a dichotomy between what is perishable and what is eternal. Jesus has compassion on thousands who’ve followed him to a remote place. …
In A Snapshot
When I was a child I received as a gift from my parents on my birthday a Kodak Instamatic camera. It was marketed as a camera to fit into your pocket easily. I thought it was cool, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was still in my father’s house. My mother, particularly, was excited…
Hidden Treasures
A few days ago we packed our two cars with Anna’s stuff she was taking to Auburn. Yes, our youngest baby started college. Later that afternoon we got rocked by some financial bad news (let’s just say it left us empty in more ways than one). I went into the bedroom where April and Anna…
More Than You Realize
We went to Bethel Atlanta (www.bethelatlanta.com/) last Sunday to worship with Jason Upton. A couple prayed for us as we stood in line to get in the sanctuary (When was it the last time you had to stand in line and wait to get in the sanctuary to worship?). The woman said to me our…
The Left Hand In Hard Times
<!–[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> There are good days and hard days for us in this season. This reminds me of a verse I received, I believe, from the Lord in a soaking/prayer time during a Methodist Supernatural School of Ministry session in February, 2011. When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider…
Again, Assessing Our Place
At the start of Sunday morning worship in my brother-in-law Fagan’s ministry, he said to everyone the Holy Spirit told him to turn all the service over to me. He told me I could do anything I wanted. There were nine of us there. Whatever I chose to do would not have been an apple…
High and Extended
We currently live on the second floor in my brother-in-law’s beautiful home. In 26 years of marriage we’ve never lived on or even had a second floor. Now, we reside on one, and I know I’m the only one of the three of us who likes the stairs. On June 7, I read from a…
Psalm 102 in The Message 