FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Restoring the family altar

Good week to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” Some months ago, a young “almost-thirty” mother from church here in Red Oak sent me a request to teach on the “family altar.” I was honored to receive her request on such an important topic. We began thinking along those lines immediately.

OUT TO PASTOR: All in due time, so she says

For several weeks, or has it been years, I’ve been waiting for an important package to come through the mail. With all our technology today, you would think that mail could come in on a particular schedule, and I'm thinking of a fast-paced schedule.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Here’s something to go back TO about right now

Good week to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” We’re glad to say that the amazin’ blonde and I are up in the Smokies this week for our annual trip with Coca-Cola Mike and Glory. Of course, it’s a different world now than last year’s trip – ah, there’s an understatement.

OUT TO PASTOR: Junk is a matter of personal definition

I thought I had everything organized and in order. It just shows how useless my thinking is these days. There are many piles in my office and on my desk, and I know what is in each pile. Everything is organized to my specifications. My rule is: if I can’t find something, I don’t need it.

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.