OUT TO PASTOR: Sir Forgets-A-Lot to the rescue

Contrary to the idea that the older you get, the more you forget, it has never been my experience. I have forgotten things for as long as I can remember. I even forget things that never actually happened.It runs in our family, though it came to me legitimately down through the generations.

The dynamics of discipleship (part 23)

“Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest?’ Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: The rainbow

Welcome, all, to the “front-porch.” A chronicle of Day 4 of our 2022 Yellowstone excursion: Wednesday, July 13 Finally, we made it – no, not out of the wilderness but around the final loop around Heart Lake, which sat a great distance down below us well out of view.

OUT TO PASTOR: Nothing like an old fashion scam

Scams have become the norm of our culture today.If it weren’t for Alexander Graham Bell, we wouldn’t have all of these scams today. Thanks Alex.These scams go from car warranties to Medicare benefits, and they’re probably just getting started.

The dynamics of discipleship (part 22)

When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

SPEAKING TRUTH: Drugs – a deal with the devil

“Drugs.”That is what the Sheriff and Police Chief told me was the greatest problem their area faced when I was seeking to learn about the needs in their respective county and city.Since nearly the beginning of mankind, the human race has continually had an ongoing battle with drugs.

OUT TO PASTOR: A banana split on my mind

I must confess I heavily lean towards being a workaholic – I just love working and keeping myself busy.Years ago, I discovered that the busier I am, the less liable I am to get into trouble. No matter the trouble, I just don’t like it.

The dynamics of discipleship (part 21)

“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Cold dip in Basin Creek

Welcome, all, to the “front-porch.”A chronicle of Day 3 of our 2022 Yellowstone excursion: Tuesday, July 12A rugged thirty-five mile journey such as this always has its bitter-sweet parts.You are well aware of the bitter, I am sure – at least, most of it.

OUT TO PASTOR: The harmonious melody of hummingbirds

A few months ago, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage bought a harp and began teaching herself how to play it.She can play the piano, organ, flute, and sometimes me. Now she has graduated to the harp.So I guess she’s preparing for heaven, where she’ll play a heavenly harp.