Not often, but occasionally, I have wished I was an alcoholic. I have spent hundreds of hours in AA meetings over the past 37 years. My first was in 1982 when my work as a new Chaplain Resident at the University of Mississippi...
Read MorePastor Lauren Colwell delivered the greatest children’s sermon I’ve ever heard this morning. I am a connoisseur of children’s sermons, so my praise is a big deal. I would repeat what Lauren said, but she talked about what it is...
Read MoreThe first “Christian” book that I read in 1974 or 1975 as a teenager was Charles Sheldon’s 1896 novel In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? I think I need to read that book again because I may have been so attentive to some...
Read MoreSinging can be a wonderful part of daily prayer. This page features links to songs I like and want to sing again. My plan is to add each week. Night Blooming Jasmine by Elise Witt Only Love Will Do by Elise Witt Peace with...
Read MoreOn a quiet afternoon when everyone else was taking a nap I taught myself to write. I was five years old and tired of waiting for anyone to teach me. I took a pad of paper, a pencil, my mother’s grocery list and began to copy....
Read MoreI started crying in the grocery store today. I didn’t let it get too far, but teared up in front of the canned fruit. After I went around the corner, I teared up again in front of the spices and then again in front of the...
Read MoreA speaker at the Islamic Center of North Fulton gave me the idea of combining physical prayer with the Lord’s Prayer when I visited a few months ago. He said the words of the opening chapter of the Quran was as important to...
Read MoreI learned the Lord’s Prayer when I was a child. We did not recite it during Catholic services, but had to learn it in catechism classes (Catholic Sunday School). The Boy Scout troop that I joined at age 15 recited the Lord’s...
Read MoreThe Hebrew and Christian scriptures describe standing, bowing, kneeling, and prostrating oneself face down in prayer and worship. O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! (Psalm 95: 6) Then...
Read MoreA boy I knew from high school joined the Navy after we graduated. I can’t remember if we met before I dropped out of Junior Army ROTC at the end of the 10th grade or if he worked at the Jitney Jungle where I stocked shelves and...
Read MoreI was 17 years old the first time I decided to read the Bible through “from cover to cover.” I started in Genesis and slogged straight through Revelation. It took me less than a year because I read as many chapters as possible...
Read MoreI once went 5 years without being away from work for longer than a 4-day weekend. I spent almost a week outside of the United States during that period accompanying my wife who was lecturing in Latvia, but kept up with work...
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Not often, but occasionally, I have wished I was an alcoholic. I have spent hundreds of hours in AA meetings over the past 37 years. My first was in 1982 when my work as a new Chaplain Resident at the University of Mississippi...
Read MorePastor Lauren Colwell delivered the greatest children’s sermon I’ve ever heard this morning. I am a connoisseur of children’s sermons, so my praise is a big deal. I would repeat what Lauren said, but she talked about what it is...
Read MoreThe first “Christian” book that I read in 1974 or 1975 as a teenager was Charles Sheldon’s 1896 novel In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? I think I need to read that book again because I may have been so attentive to some...
Read MoreMatthew gave us a long list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ at the start of his Gospel. Most of us are content to skip over or skim through the names to get to Matthew’s stories, but every name represents a story and some of...
Read MoreI am glad to be 61 years old on 14 September. Thanks to all who offered birthday wishes. As a rule, I don’t talk about my birthday, plan anything special, or welcome anyone else planning something special. I did not know I had...
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