“The kings and authorities of this world fall short in all their efforts to govern if they refuse to receive his grace and share his truth. He is our king, and we pledge our loyalties and faith to no other seat of power in this world.”
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A Story in Itself
I remember walking home from kindergarten holding my father’s hand. Our family church was where I attended kindergarten in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. After we crossed Harford Road in front of the church and headed home, I asked my father what he thought it was like to be a preacher. He was silent for…
What We’re Meant to Do
Mark 8: 27-38 We’d made plans. We planned for today to be our second Vacation Bible School Sunday. The curriculum was set, the volunteers and their responsibilities were set. Our schedule of activities for the kids was already in black and white. Then exposure to COVID changed everything. The kids and their parents can’t come…
Prepare Your Minds for Action
I awoke Friday after dreaming. I was in a house of happy, playful people in the dream. The environment itself was sloppy and chaotic. I had some form of authority there, but I can’t recall the degree. As the dream progressed, I knew I had plans on leaving and going oversees, but I didn’t want…
A Parabolic Bale
Last week, I made a bale of cardboard at work all by myself. I sound like a child, but there’s something parabolic about it to me. I taught two guys how to make a cardboard bale a couple weeks ago without making one alone before, but what I told them worked. I must admit, I…
Entrepreneur
Two emails from insurance agencies arrived in my inbox recently inviting me to apply for position as an agent. One of the emails asked me to embrace my entrepreneurial spirit. I’m not entrepreneurial. My profile on some job search site may fall into such a category, but I’m not motivated in that way. There are…
But Its Not What Will Be
“It is what it is. . . .” I’ve discovered over the last few weeks I say this a lot now days when discussing or sharing my own experiences and how they might relate to my giftings or destiny. As if to say, these experiences and thoughts stand alone. They are what they are. It…
I’m Ruined for Anything Else
There’s one line from Bill Johnson, from Redding, CA, I like to quote, but one shouldn’t overdue. Those who know these words don’t live as Christians playfully. I’m ruined for anything else. We worshiped on Wednesday night, as we did the Wednesday before, at the church we attend in Calhoun County, AL. The environment was…
‘Til I’m Old and Gray
O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to all the generations to come.Your power and your righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is…
Change
I’ve thought about erasing my master’s degree in divinity from my resume. Perhaps, by so doing, I’d look less educated, hirable and more normal. Then the thought comes to me regularly, I’ll never be normal. Wednesday night, April and I went to a life group at a nearby church. It was church, nothing to beat…
Psalm 102 in The Message 