OUT TO PASTOR: It’s not a mess – unless I do it

When it comes to words, everybody has their own definition. Someone says one word and another person thinks it’s altogether something else.For example, when someone says vegetable, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage thinks broccoli. On the other side of the dinner table, I think carrot cake.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Ah, more than a test

Good week. Welcome to the “Front Porch.”As I write this early Tuesday morning, many of my kiddos at Ferris High are taking their “EOC” (End of Course test).

Land of the bound and home of the depraved!

“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not fitting.

OUT TO PASTOR: The Princess hath thus spoken

In December of last year, our second great-grandchild entered our family. Our first great-grandchild was a boy, and this one is a girl.Like all our children, grandchildren and great-grandson, this great-granddaughter is a blessing to our family.

The miracles of Jesus (part 2)

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

SPEAKING TRUTH: The Righteousness of God?

“Who can live according to God’s righteous, perfect standards and never fail? And since this brings His judgment upon us, who can escape His wrath? Only one person can live this way and that person is the world’s only hope. Jesus!”Who is God?That is a big question.

OUT TO PASTOR: Who invented the AutoCorrect?

The other day I recognized something that had been happening for quite a while.As I was texting, I noticed that there was AutoCorrect.So whenever I spelled a word, it would finish the spelling before I was done. And, if I was spelling it wrong, it corrected me.

The miracles of Jesus (part 1)

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joeseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit” – Matthew 1:18The miracle of the virgin birth stands out as one of the greatest and most proclaimed of all in that people know that...

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 6

Standing there beneath the dark clouds of that Alabama sky facing this Doocy with an audience of rough, ragged-looking bricklayers gathered around watching – it was a moment that is almost frozen in time.Time in a bottle, as Mr. Jim Croce sang back in the ‘60s, but I don’t think Mr.

OUT TO PASTOR: Has anyone seen my marbles?

Whenever a week goes by without any hitches, I have learned that something somewhere is wrong.I have lived long enough to realize that problems are a part of life. Most of my were created by me. I guess I’m a great creator in that regard.