I was in my study at church early Easter morning, before anyone but the Facilities Manager had arrived. Looking out at the empty parking lot, I wondered, “What if no one showed up this morning? What if no one came to celebrate Easter Sunday?” Since I was immersed in John’s record of the resurrection, I …
Just then Jesus met them and said, “Good morning!” They came up, took hold of His feet, and worshiped Him. —Matthew 28:9 “Can you play another one?” I asked Lori. We were driving, and she was sharing voice mails she had recovered from an old cell phone. I was surprised by voice of a friend who had recently …
You’ll see them on Kentucky Highway 88, a few miles east of Monroe, not far from Hawg Daddy’s Barbeque. They’ll be on your left, if you’re traveling west, towards Greensburg. But you’d better look quick, or you’ll miss them. Two chimneys, the stark remains of what was once a farm house, are sticking up from …
Mark Driscoll, formerly Pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, said of the enormously popular book, The Shack, “If you haven’t read The Shack, don’t.” Such is the consensus of many Christian leaders regarding William P. Young’s book, now a hot item on the silver screen. I haven’t read the book, but I did …
I was averaging 3-4 funerals a page in the dated church directories, loaned to me by a friend who loves our church’s history. “There’s one, and there’s another,” I commented to Lori. “I remember him, and her, too—that sweet couple. I officiated his funeral, then hers,” I periodically observed as Lori and I thumbed through …