“Oklahoma! You’re a long way from home.” I was in the grocery store with my wife Saturday, and on Saturdays, during college football season, I ALWAYS were a shirt bearing my team’s insignia, “OU,” or “Oklahoma Football,” in their colors, crimson and cream. Whenever I’m tempted to purchase another OU T-Shirt (long or short sleeved, …
The scenario has become all too familiar. This time, it was a group of people worshipping God on a Sunday morning in a small town outside of San Antonio, TX. You’ve heard the news: 26 people, ranging in age from 5-72, were murdered by a gunman who entered the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, …
The aging are not easy to care for, and the reality is, we are all moving in that direction, whether we like it or not. My mother is 95-years-old. I spent a few days with her a couple of weeks ago in her long-term care facility. Stopping by the nurses’ station down the hall from …
Every job has its down side. I guarantee it. And every job has an upside. I can guarantee that, too. The challenge is digging through the dirt: the negative attitudes, the discontentment, the injustices—until you find the gold, even if it’s only one, tiny, little nugget. When I was in high school, we (my parents …
The Lord often sends his messengers through unlikely people. Calvin is one of them, at least he has been for me. I want to be more like Calvin. But at first I was leery of him. A friend warned me before the worship service one Sunday: “There’s a man, I’d guess to be in his …