OUT TO PASTOR: I was naughty and didn’t’ know it

For some reason, I got on Santa’s naughty list this year. You might ask, “How do you know that you’re on his naughty list?”The answer to that is very simple, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage said to me this past week, “I think you’re on Santa’s naughty list this year.

BLOOD COVENANT (part 3)

“Then the High Priest shall come out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 22)

CHAPTER 22“The day my Grizzly came out.” There’s something else that stayed with me from Hemingway’s tale. It is the reason that this story came to my mind that Thursday evening, just before the Grizzly.

OUT TO PASTOR: My ongoing grudge with Santa

I’ve had sort of a grudge with old Mr. Santa Claus. I was introduced to Santa Claus by my parents, who informed me that he was the one that brought all of my Christmas presents on Christmas day. And I believed my parents.

BLOOD COVENANT (part 2)

“For the wages of sin is death (eternal death) but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – ROMANS 6:23We have all been born in sin inherited from Adam, a generational curse of sickness, disease, poverty and eternal death has come down the bloodline to us all.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 21)

CHAPTER 21“Destroyed, but not defeated” I stopped to rest on some logs on the right side of the trail somewhere between five and six p.m. that Thursday evening.

OUT TO PASTOR: I love my imperfections

Unlike most people, I love my imperfections; those imperfections of mine do not cause me much trouble.I know most people like to focus on their perfections so that they can impress other people. But what about people like me who have no perfections to boast about?

BLOOD COVENANT (part 1)

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (Chapter 20)

CHAPTER 20“The road not taken” Mr. Moffit’s work was not finished. I am glad that he played such a huge role in this drama. It seems more than fitting. In fact, when I tell this story today, it is at this point that I seem to most often have to pause.

OUT TO PASTOR: Hey, this is my story!

I am just now concluding that narcissism is a virus that has infected everybody in the world that is breathing air. I even apply this to my own life with a great deal of regret.Nobody wants to admit they have narcissistic leanings in their life.