OUT TO PASTOR: Chillin ain’t what i thought it was

Last week the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage came up with a brilliant idea. At least, at the time, it seemed brilliant. “Why don’t we,” she began, “take Monday off and just chill?” Since it's been a long time since I did any chillin, I had to ask her, “What do we chill about?

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Almost home

Welcome again, friends, to the “front porch.” We’ve visited for a while now that generation of Israelites who would finally escape the bondage of a cruel Egypt.

OUT TO PASTOR: Oh, to be crazy and get paid for it

I usually don’t complain a lot. When I do, I get caught in some dilemma that I can’t talk my way out of. You think I would learn my lesson, but I’m still in the learning curve. It was a long week, and the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I both had busy schedules.

GOD’S GRACE MINISTRIES: Hallelujah across the land!

There is great power in praising God. “Hallelujah” Across the Land is a time set aside for America and the world to worship God. As Spirit led, the praise period begins on September 27, 2020 at 12:00 PM eastern standard time lasting seven minutes, I am certain for some it will last longer.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: The blessing of ‘balcony people’

Welcome this week to the “front porch.” Every now and then I run across a life-changing lesson. That happened a few years ago when a friend named Toni Short handed me a book so thin you could almost see through it. It’s called “Balcony People,” by Joyce Heatherley. In the book, Ms.

OUT TO PASTOR: Getting away with it is half the fun

I must admit I don’t get away with very much, and I never have. It’s not that I never try. It’s just that whenever I try to get away with something, it always backfires. Every time I do something behind the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage’s back, she always turns around.

OUT TO PASTOR: A musical concert or aggravating noise?

To say the least, and I usually do, this summer has been quite a journey for the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and myself. I can’t remember a summer equal to the one we just went through. The fact that we got through it is amazing.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Needed a good boxin’ trainer!

Welcome this week to the “front porch.” “... exhorting one another... provoking to love and good works” – Heb.

OUT TO PASTOR: If only my fishing rod could talk

It has been a busy week, more so than any other week. Just when I thought I was caught up, something else presented itself without my permission. That seems to be what life is all about.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Why I love the old ship of Zion

Welcome this week to the “front porch.” The beautiful name of “Zion” is splashed throughout the deep writings of the Old Testament prophets. Solomon’s magnificent temple once rested on Zion’s western slope of the highest hill in Jerusalem.