FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: The man lost in a vast wilderness (but, perhaps – just perhaps – not for long)

Good week. Welcome to the “Front Porch.”I was thinking this week, with the world’s recognition of Easter, of something we wrote and maybe we shared after our great adventure in Wyoming in 2021.Read on.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 5

As soon as the truck stopped, the gentleman in the middle jumped out cheerfully, wearing an Atlanta Braves hat backwards, and singing a tune at such a volume that it all but stamped out the same tune playing on the radio.

OUT TO PASTOR: What a wacky world we live in

I like the old saying, “Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it does.”This is the kind of world we live in today, and I’m still not adjusted to this sort of thing. I’m not sure I will ever adjust to the world around me.

SPEAKING TRUTH: An outpouring of the Grace of God

“When an outpouring of God comes, it is a demonstration of His grace. It just comes in His timing, His way and to those whom He chooses. It comes to bring growth and renewal to the believer. It comes to wash clean the sins of the lawless and forgive the hard-hearted.

OUT TO PASTOR: I’m so poor I can’t pay attention

Occasionally I go to my computer and search for the wealthiest preachers in America. As often as I have checked this information, I have never found my name on that list. I so much wanted to see my name on that list.Everybody knows that the Internet never lies.

The dynamics of discipleship (part 48)

“With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with her flattering lips she seduced him. Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 4

When I first met Doocy, it was a little like two ships passing in the night, but, then it – wasn’t. It would be more like a ship encountering a rowboat in the night and rolling right over the little boat sending it sprawling in the waves.

OUT TO PASTOR: Learning what “Me-Time” is all about

Several months ago, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage said she and her daughter and granddaughter were going to St. Augustine for a week and wondered if I wanted to go along.I said, “Let me think about it for a while, and I’ll get back to you.

The dynamics of discipleship (part 47)

“Guard your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.” – PROVERBS 4:23The second open door to David’s demise was carelessness, a dangerous trait to have adopted around a wild beast.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 3

My oldest big brother Tim – five years older than I – had a best friend named Brian Light with whom he went to school.I have often written about Brian in that he is one of those gentlemen who makes an early impression on you because of the way he knows how to carry himself.