FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Raccoon John Smith

  The best lessons come from the most unusual sources, and they come when you least expect them. Usually, they don’t show up politely in a limousine. More likely, they’ll crash land in your front yard unannounced. But who ever heard of learning a valuable lesson from a log?

SPEAKING TRUTH: Who is America’s founding spiritual father?

  On Oct. 23, 1740, one of history’s greatest preachers paid a visit to Middletown, Connecticut. An unnamed farmer described this account. “I was in my field at work.

OUT TO PASTOR: Getting old isn’t as bad as I thought

  I was celebrating and eating an Apple Fritter. I’m not sure what I was celebrating at the time, but it doesn’t matter as long as I’m celebrating with an Apple Fritter. Life has its way of opening up doors of celebration.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Preacher Miller faces death in the Kentucky hills (part 2)

  Welcome to the “Front-Porch.” With Father’s Day just in our rearview mirrors, we’ve continued thinking about some of our great fathers and grandfathers.

OUT TO PASTOR: How to get out of a pickle

  Throughout my time on this planet, I have gotten into many pickle situations that I could not escape. Each pickle was different from the last, which made dealing with them quite a problem for me.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Preacher Miller faces death in the Kentucky hills (part 1)

  Welcome to the “Front-Porch.” I’m glad that, for us, Fathers’ Day doesn’t just cover one day. That allows us another story or two. It’s true that sometimes people may not particularly like what we preach. But I’ve never received a death threat. But I know a man who did.

OUT TO PASTOR: Help, I’m becoming my father

  As I celebrated Father’s Day this year, I remembered my father. It was 16 years ago that he passed away, and I have not forgotten him a single day. One thing that stands out in my memories of him is his money.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: He was there, if only for a time

  Welcome to the “Front-Porch.” With Father’s Day upon us, I cannot help but go back to some special times this Father’s Day 2026, although I suppose it’s no different from all the years since 1967. I am thinking of a gentleman who, when I was just a little boy, was almost always there.

OUT TO PASTOR: Life is not a soap opera

  When I was young, we did not have a TV in our home. My parents did not think it was important, so we listened to the radio instead. I love the Saturday morning radio shows, “Popeye the Sailor Man,” particularly. Then something big happened that changed our lives.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: ‘I’ll stick with Solomon’

  Welcome to the “Front-Porch.” With Father’s Day on the horizon, I was thinking recently about my father-in-law Bill Dickinson.