“Where’s Miles?” I asked Norma Jean.
“Oh, he’s sitting on the stairs,” she replied.
I went to see and he was not there. As I went up the stairs, Miles was coming down the stairs, out of the family room, grinning and carry a dartboard.” Thankfully, he wasn’t throwing any darts. Continue reading
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Yesterday was my final sermon as the located preacher at the Hickman Mills Church in Kansas City. We leave the brethren with mixed emotions, fond memories, and special bond forged in faith and fellowship.
My parting sermon was based on 2 Cor 13:11 where Paul bade farewell to the Corinthian church. “Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.” Continue reading
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Sixteen year old Hannah was nervous as she took the wheel for her first driving lesson. As she was pulling out of the parking lot, the instructor said, “Turn left here.” Then quickly added, “Oh, and don’t forget to let the people behind you know what you are doing.”
Immediately Hannah turned to the students sitting in the backseat and announced, “I’m turning left.”
Although Hannah misunderstood the teacher’s instructions, his advice is good not just for driving, but for life. “Let the people behind you know what you are doing.” Continue reading
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The word around our house for the past several weeks has been ‘PURGE!”
Allied is coming five weeks from today to load our earthly possessions and move us North Texas. So, for the past month we’ve going through stuff that we neither want or need to move. What a process! Sorting. Separating. Discarding. Keeping. Leaving. Purging! Continue reading
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“Life is a lot like a minefield,” wrote my favorite author anonymous.
What Mr. Anon meant is that minefields are incredibly dangerous places. Of course, the danger lurks in not knowing where the mines are planted. However, if a soldier had a detailed map of a minefield showing where a mine is located, the infantry could walk through unscathed.
I understand the military has specialists whose job is to locate these mines. Using high-tech methods, they locate the mines and plant a small flag by them. When the troops march through the area they know where to step and more importantly where not to step! Continue reading
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There’s an old story about a young farmer down in the Bootheel of Missouri who’s plowing his field one Spring. He’s kinda discouraged with farming. He tried growing cotton and didn’t do very well. Soy beans weren’t any better. And rice was a total failure.
He’s wondering what he ought to do with the rest of his life. As he steers his tractor up one row and down another, he utters a fervent prayer to God: “Lord, if you have a plan for my life, please send me a sign, and I will obey.” Continue reading
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The past two weeks have been a sports paradise for the basketball junkie. The annual NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, known as March Madness, has provided upsets, incredible comebacks, and thrilling, last second shots.
In listening to various color analysts, I noticed that one word is used quite a bit to describe both teams and individual players: Control. Continue reading
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The story is told that George Shultz, while Secretary of State during the Reagan presidency, kept a large globe in his office.
When newly appointed ambassadors had an interview with him Shultz would test them by saying, “You have to go over to the globe and prove to me that you can identify your country.” Continue reading
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He was called by one reporter, “a walking billboard for reconciliation.”
Douglas “Pete” Peterson served as a U. S. Air Force captain during the Vietnam War and was shot down during a bombing raid near Hanoi in 1966. For six and a half years he was held as a prisoner of war. He was humiliated. Beaten. Abused. Continue reading
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Does the Bible teach that God’s providence works in human events to care for His people and accomplish His purposes?
What is God’s will for our lives?
Do the unexpected events that occur in our lives demonstrate the work and will of the Lord working to influence our choices and decisions?
These are questions each of us will face, sooner of later. They each relate to our word of the week, providence. Continue reading
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