It is Friday night and there is a rain delay in the Reds/Cardinals baseball game. It's been a pretty good week. I had a wonderful Sunday that started with a visit to the youth group's Sunday School class at Hopedale. It was really just a kind of question and answer time that was sort of centered around the thought of what heaven is like. They had some great questions and were really interested in what the Bible has to say and are trying to figure out just why we believe what we believe.I left Sunday School at Hopedale to drive the few miles...
Friday, 30 April 2010
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Sunday Morning Call
Posted on 05:28 by Unknown
It wasn't too long ago that I received a message from my friend Joseph Ransom asking for a letter of recommendation to include with his resume that was being submitted to a church in view of a Pastoral call. What a privilege it was to tell somebody of the high regard that I hold for this man's integrity, character and theological background. Today, Joseph is pastor at the small country church in Shady Grove MO. Recently, he has been plagued with some health issues that have caused a great deal of pain and discomfort. Knowing that conditions...
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
Posted on 08:50 by Unknown
Several days ago, I was having a conversation with somebody that posed the question, "How would our world be different if only news and educational shows were aired on television?"What?! No Idol? No Lost? No Dancing? No BASEBALL? (of course, Cardinal baseball could be considered educational for Cub or Royals fans!)Think about it. If we didn't watch stories about other people living make-believe lives and were actually living life ourselves, how would we be different? Would we converse (actually talk) with family members more. Would we be...
Friday, 9 April 2010
Re-evaluating the Call
Posted on 02:38 by Unknown
It's weird how things come together--somebody recommends a book, somebody else makes a comment, another person starts to look at their calling and ministry--and before you know it, I'm looking at my own ministry calling.Here are some of the odds and ends that are a part of my mental/spiritual struggle:I am definitely called into some type of vocational ministry that includes preaching, teaching, and encouragement.I have always felt (and still do) this to be the calling of an evangelist.I have never felt like God has called or equipped me for pastoral...
Saturday, 3 April 2010
A Beautiful Saturday
Posted on 17:35 by Unknown
Wow! What a beautiful day in the Ozarks--sunny, warm, simply beautiful.I was up at 6 this morning to enjoy a cup of coffee before getting everything together for a magic show at Eastside Baptist Church in Mountain Home, Arkansas. The last time that I was there for their Easter egg hunt the temperature was at the freezing mark. Today was shorts, t-shirts and flip flop weather! Aside from the beautiful weather, Eastside went all out today. They sent out thousands of mailers and had hundreds of kids show up with their moms and dads!After some...
Friday, 2 April 2010
Good Friday
Posted on 01:45 by Unknown
I think that it's odd that we would refer to the day of the Crucifixion as Good Friday. I mean, I know that the Crucifixion of Jesus was a necessary part of the plan of salvation (Jesus had to die in our place), but still, it seems like it is a very bad day. It's interesting that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified and the one that was released by Pilate was also called Jesus--Jesus Barabbas. Barabbas literally translates as the son of the father, bar abbas. So Jesus, the Son of God is crucified in the place of Jesus, the son of the father. Jesus...
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