In the late 1960’s, it would often be near midnight when several close friends and I would come back to my house on June Drive and begin basketball games on the blacktop court that doubled as our driveway. As I think back on it, I can only imagine how irritating the rhythmic pounding of the ball against the…
“What do you do?” It’s a question I hate to answer, and I know it’s coming every time I am introduced to someone new. It’s not that I cannot answer it, but I know what’s coming next after I say that we own a family business. “What is your business?” invariably follows. Because we operate several…
Although written prayers have been a part of church fabric throughout its history, I have never really used many, other than The Lord’s Prayer, until fairly recently. But now I find that prayers recorded by those who have experienced much deeper walks and who have preceded me in the faith can do a lot to prepare my own…
I’ve always had a problem with the little slogans that companies use to try and make us think they are something better than they really are. Like these… General Dynamics … “Strength on your side.” Abbot Labs … “Life to the fullest.” Chipotle … “Food with integrity.” Entergy Corp … “The power of people” Really? Not buying it…
Is it really fair for our pastor to use his sermons to smack me “up side the head”? Our pastor, Mike Glenn, does that much too often. Couldn’t he have just glossed over the fasting part of Matthew 6:7-18…