OUT TO PASTOR: How many coughs are enough for one day?

This past week started rather rough.It started with a cough. A cough is not that serious if it’s just one cough or maybe two. But it is not good when it is one cough after another and another.

The miracles of Jesus (part 18)

And behold there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” that they might accuse Him. Then He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 17

To say I was still ‘wet behind the ears,’ as Red reminded me daily, is another big understatement from this summer of ’73.I didn’t understand anything. Or, at least, that was what I was told.

OUT TO PASTOR: What’s so bad about a knucklehead?

As I get older, the least little thing brought back memories from a lifetime ago.For some reason, I remembered the word “knucklehead.” I’m not sure if it’s still being used today, but it was back when I was young.One memory I have is my mother saying, “Are you acting like a knucklehead or what?

The miracles of Jesus (part 17)

And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said to Him, “Are you the coming One, or do we look for another?

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 16

Around eleven that morning, storm clouds started rolling in like a seventeenth-century scroll; but, truth is, they had been rolling in all morning way before that, starting at eight a.m.I say ‘eight,’ you have to remember that Alabama’s time is an hour earlier than Georgia’s.

OUT TO PASTOR: Memories can be so... memorable

In growing older, I noticed a strange phenomenon.The older I get, the more I forget.Last week, for example, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage stumped me with one of her infamous questions.“Do you know what next Monday is?

The miracles of Jesus (part 16)

And when He called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. – Matthew 10:1This is the transition of passing the power to the disciples who were to become apostles of Christ.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 15

It is like looking down into the vastness of the Grand Canyon and knowing its wonder but never questioning its source: The Lord made that, all of that beauty His magnificent handiwork, ours is just to look at it and wonder at it.That, too, is the summer of 1973.

OUT TO PASTOR: One more scam call and I’m going to scream

Upon retirement, my life changed in few ways.I’m still as busy as before; I just don’t get a paycheck for being busy.The one thing that has changed – is I schedule a nap every day.As most people know, a NAP is simply “Navigating A Position.” That position is level.