For as much as I want to deny it, I can’t deny the fact that I believe lies about myself. I read a recent article my bishop wrote about faith and works. It was good, and I affirm what he wrote to be worthwhile. I go through periods in my life that whenever I hear…
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With 2012 On the Verge
Recently, when I’ve spoken and written about fear, I’ve gotten the most responses. The topic of fear strikes a chord in many people. It certainly strikes me between the eyes. I’ve come to hate and not affirm it as an unavoidable necessity of life by which I justify fight or flight. With 2012 on the…
It Is Possible
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. . . No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him…
A Return
Peter said to him, “We have left everything to follow you!” “I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes,…
Please People or God?
Because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the…
Depression, Springsteen & Bethel Live
I always appreciated a woman who was a member of a church my wife pastored. She would say when she had a bad day she would always come home and listen to some Bruce Springsteen songs. Once she heard how bad things were in those songs, her day didn’t seem as bad. While I was…
Forms of Power
I’ve stepped out in recent days and created a new You Tube channel. I’d be the first to say that it appears to be a reflection of my ego before its characterized as anything else. Most immediately, I’m willing to affirm that this channel is more of a reflection of my playful desire to tinker…
Delegated Authority in the Gadsden Mall
In the gospel of Luke, there are two folks who are shown the infant Jesus when Joseph and Mary brought him there. Simeon had the Holy Spirit (he must have been a prophet under Old Testament parameters) and was told he would not die until he saw the Lord’s Christ (Luke 2:26). Anna worshipped the…
What I Owe You
(This is my church’s newsletter article for our October edition) Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able…
Friday Night Football
The summer nights of lingering heat and humidity appear to be over for this year. What we have, now, are pleasant Friday evenings as we watch high school football. Friday evening, we watched our high school football team and enormous marching band perform their particular skills wonderfully. April and I arrived at Etowah High School….
Psalm 102 in The Message 