FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Enjoy your thanks-giving even if it’s different than before

Good week to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” Aren’t you glad it’s Thanksgiving! I thought it’d never come. You understand.  There’s just something special about Thanksgiving, just in normal years. I know that for so many this year is different than before.

OUT TO PASTOR: Being nice does have its rewards

It seems that every week of mine is “one of those weeks.” Just when I think everything was looking fine, I discovered I was looking in the wrong direction. I should know better than thinking. Several problems developed with my vehicle, and I had to take it to the garage.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: A talk about a brother (part 2)

Good week to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” An open letter to three girls – and one more. Dear Lauren, Brit, and Andrea, We share these thoughts to you three girls as you are absorbing the blow of your dad and my friend’s leaving us.

OUT TO PASTOR: Bug! Bug! Where’s the Bug?

As far back as I can remember, every time I would leave the house, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage would say, “Be careful. Drive safely.” It’s as though she doesn’t think I could drive carefully without giving me some instructions. I think it has become just a routine for her.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: A talk about a brother (part 1)

Good week to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” “I just want to talk about my brother.” Mr. Charles Nix, the man who ‘discovered me,’ as I like to say, once began a column for the LaGrange Daily News with that first line. I say he ‘discovered me’ with a little laugh.

OUT TO PASTOR: When everything goes my way

I have had a certain dream many times over the years. The dream is that one day in the week; I can have everything go my way. The nightmare part of that dream is that it never tells me which day everything will go my way.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Tuesday night? Well, that’s prayer night

Good week to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” Alas, the election is here. And by the way, I think this is the first time I’ve begun a column with ‘alas,’ but this is a time like no other. You understand. I mean, who would’ve thought things would have come to this?

OUT TO PASTOR: Things have a way of catching up with me

I have learned in my life, and probably just one thing: things have a way of catching up with me. I can’t get away with anything. One example stands out. Last year someone hacked into the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage’s bank account and purchased a case of wine for around $700.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Going back to something great

Good week to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” Looking back again at the ‘family altar’ as we did recently, note the origin of such an altar.

OUT TO PASTOR: The alleged warrant for my arrest

This past week was one of the best weeks I’ve had in a long time. I got everything completed, as well as some overdue projects. As far as I was concerned, this called for an Apple fritter celebration.