FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: It is well!

Welcome to the “front porch.”One sublime feeling that seems to be more common beginning in the cold days of December is that of peace.

OUT TO PASTOR: An old geezer looking for new tricks

Although the year is new, I’m still an old geezer.I think I know what geezer means, but I’m not sure what the definition of “old” is.One person’s old is another person’s youth.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Two old friends ringing in a new year together, again

Some scenes stick with you for a lifetime, kind of like my old Georgia red clay.Proceed carefully today, because the scenes coming up will stay with you a very long time.I am sure of it.I began sharing this particular one with you many years ago.

OUT TO PASTOR: Where in the world did last year go?

It was New Year’s Day, and I got up before The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage.I poured my coffee and then sat in my easy chair to reflect on the day.I was trying to get all the things in order I was planning to do today.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Santa Claus IS comin’ to town

This reminiscing comes from Dec. 5, 2008.We all know each other pretty well by now, especially having a three-year journey through the summer of ‘73. We’re not quite through with some reflections on that, either.

SPEAKING TRUTH: The five revelations of Christmas

Let us lift our eyes above the “most wonderful time of the year” and the “blue Christmas” and set them upon Christ.

OUT TO PASTOR: Can you eat too many cookies at Christmas?

Christmas was over, and the house began to quiet down in a good way.Don’t get me wrong, I love the noise when all the family is together.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Hoping one lady is home for Christmas

Of the thousand or more columns we have been blessed to author for the past quarter of a century, this one was one of my favorites.

OUT TO PASTOR: Another Christmas down the chimney

If I have counted correctly, this is my 74th Christmas.Believe me, I do not remember all of them. The only thing is how much money I spent on all of those Christmases.I know Christmas is filled with rituals. As a young person, I grew up on rituals.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) part 106

After almost three years, we’ve come to the final segment of our story. It truly is a story of a lifetime and will live on for a long, long, time, I suppose forever. Thanks for coming along on the journey.– Coach “Whatever happened to that half dollar, Popman?”