Refugees

Last Sunday was the fifty-first (LI) Super Bowl.  I couldn’t watch it at home because I worked until 10 p.m.  I don’t regret that.  I like the hours, but my team lost though the victors’ QB is my favorite player to watch.  I don’t necessarily root for that team, but I appreciate how he plays. …

Forgetfulness Removed

While driving home from work one day last week, I stopped by to see April’s uncle at the hospital.  As I neared the hospital, I recalled visiting a woman from Albertville at Marshall South Medical Center in Boaz six years ago.  She’d been diagnosed with cancer.  I shared with her being prayed for by a…

One Sunday In June (Triple Crown)

But he looked at them and said, “What then does this text mean: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone?’” — Luke 20: 17 Sunday morning as I was preparing to go with April and Anna to worship, I read what Doug Addison posted on Facebook that morning, to expect the Lord…

Furniture From Behind the Curtain

I dreamed earlier this week.  There was a lot going on, including throwing Frisbees, but I mostly remember one thing. I walked into a room.  A color, console TV was on.  Someone was sitting on the carpeted floor in front of it.  Dr. Charles Stanley, a Baptist TV preacher and author from First Baptist in…

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…