“Wake up,” my wife said as our ninth grandchild, Kaysie, was about to make her grand entrance into this world. My daughter, Ashleigh, lives on the other side of town, and needed help caring for her three-year-old daughter, Haleigh, during labor. While coffee helped a little, the malaise of being awakened from a sound sleep …
“I love the Lord – I’m born again,” said Floyd. He frequented a church that embraced sin and taught that being born again is “acceptance of being born gay.” Floyd took opportunities to speak behind the pulpit and give to less fortunate people; he possessed a semblance of godliness. He was disciplined, neat, and thorough. …
Everyone remembers their first love. They remember when they first met, that first gaze, the first verbal exchange, and the time they first touched each other, incidental or otherwise. For some, it was a person; for others, it was a sport, a car, a sports car, a pet, or a passion. The atmosphere, whether smells …
As I shared the gospel over the half-mile-haler, a young man walked up and began conversing with me about how he was “trying” to live for the Lord. My response was, “There is no try, only do.” I was attempting to quote Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back movie, where his actual quote is, “Do …
“I love the Lord – I’m born again,” said Floyd. He frequented a church that embraced sin and taught that being born again is “acceptance of being born gay.” Floyd took opportunities to speak behind the pulpit and give to less fortunate people; he possessed a semblance of godliness. He was disciplined, neat, and thorough. …
What do you envision when you think of “lazy” or “laziness?” Someone who is apathetic, idle, indolent, inattentive, indifferent, and out of it? Or a person that is careless, lifeless, lackadaisical, or lethargic? [https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/lazy] We have all known people that fall into this category. And I am willing to bet that all of us can …
My shoulder was killing me. Ordinarily, I would simply pop an Advil and call it a day, but the pain was intensifying, and Advil wasn’t curing the root cause of the problem. I assumed my pain was associated with a torn rotator cuff. Years earlier, a huge wave body slammed me into the beach, and …
I attempted to pray before establishing a relationship with God, but it did not seem to go anywhere. “Did He hear me?” “How can He hear me and billions of other people simultaneously?” “Am I just talking to myself?” I was deeply convinced that there was a God in heaven, but this “prayer thing” was …
I remember in grade school, Groveland Park Elementary; I had a foot race against a classmate. He had just received new shoes from his parents that would make him run fast. As a quick runner, I “smoked him,” and he was left scratching his head, wondering how he lost. In that same school, when it …
Watching my grandchildren aspire to walk like others is amusing and sobering. For example, I see one grandson mimicking and copying another grandson. I have seen my own children copy me in my actions and reactions, whether good, bad, or indifferent. Many have mentors that they aspire to emulate. I have seen street preachers unknowingly …
