Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. By now, you know we’ve taken the week off from publishing new posts. But have been regblogging past posts. This one is from November of 2015. It’s from column we published from 2012-2015–“It’s Friday. But Sunday’s Coming!” It’s one of 175 posts from that period. You can access all of the posts from this link.\
Monthly Archives: November 2024
Don’t Be Like Your Dog
Filed under Thanksgiving
An Epitaph Worth Emulating
Filed under Discipleship
Word of the Week: Thanks
Filed under Thanksgiving
Weekly Recap: November 18-22
Greetings from Indian Shores Beach, Florida
We’re here for our annual family Thanksgiving getaway. The hurricanes took a toll on the beach community. Lots of places still closed. But several are open for business. They seem glad that we still decided to come.
Today’s post, our weekly recap of the past week’s posts, will be our last new post for November. We’re taking next week off to relax, recharge and enjoy family as we give thanks. I will however, reblog some past posts next week. Continue reading
Filed under Discipleship
Three Barriers To Spiritual Growth
I’m facebook friends with a young lady, Becky René, who’s the daughter of gospel preacher, David Cambridge, who preaches in London, England.
I don’t remember how, when, or why I became one of Becky’s facebook friends, but I’m glad I did. She’s obviously a very spiritually minded and evangelistic young lady, who provides some encouraging and sometimes humorous posts on her page. Continue reading
Filed under Discipleship
Teaching Kids To Be Thankful
In a column called “Voices,” the Christian Post offers outside writers the opportunity to share their views on faith as it relates to cultural and societal issues.
Recently Fred Pry contributed an article entitled “4 simple ways to teach kids to be thankful this November.” Continue reading
Filed under Thanksgiving
Matthew 5:13
“Influencers are a big part of our world now, largely a creation of the internet and social media,” observed Mark Roberts in his newly released book “The Sermon on the Mount for Everyone.”
While certain people exert influence through facebook, Twitter, Instagram or YouTube, Mark makes the point that “being an influencer isn’t a new phenomenon that arrived in the 21st century.” Continue reading
Filed under Passage To Ponder
The Power of a Few Well Chosen Words
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
You recognize these words as the opening of President Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg address, which were delivered on this date in 1863. Continue reading
Filed under Discipleship
Faithfulness is Fundamental
Several years ago Eric Hulstrand related a story in Leadership magazine illustrating faithfulness.
“While I was preaching one Sunday, an elderly woman, Mary, fainted and struck her head on the end of the pew. Immediately, an EMT in the congregation called an ambulance.” Continue reading
Filed under Fundaments of Faith








