Georgia is enduring a terrible drought, down to a few weeks of water reserves. Earlier this week, the governor of the state called a prayer meeting on the steps of the state capitol building. An atheist from Atlanta decried the… Continue reading

The church I grew up in was big on testimony time in the Sunday night service. For the uninitiated, it was a kind of ‘open mic’ time when people stood to tell what God had done for them or at… Continue reading

It was one of those situations that can only be filed under the label – “Beyond Explanation.” Last week Pat Robertson endorsed Rudy Giuliani for the Republican nomination for President. The preacher who has advocated for the protection of the… Continue reading

An oft-quoted proverb, attributed to the Chinese, says:If your vision is for a year, cultivate wheat!If your vision is for a decade, cultivate trees!If your vision is for a lifetime, cultivate people!Yesterday, I was taking an inventory, sorting through the… Continue reading

Who can explain the ‘why’ of worship, the combination of soul and Spirit that produce those amazingly wonderful moments when the Presence of God rains down on us? Yesterday in our prayer time at the Assembly, as I moved from… Continue reading

Ever been to court? Tradition, ritual, and deliberation are the ideals of the courtroom. Why? Because when we are accused of breaking the law or when we have a claim for compensation, we want a person who is fair, thoughtful,… Continue reading

I like to think I’m a good and responsible man. I keep my yard trimmed, my car clean, and my desk orderly most of the time. I pay my bills on time, watch my credit score, and take my vitamins.… Continue reading

A decision of the Olympic organizers in China to ban all Bibles from the athletes’ Olympic village has some Christians angry. The officially atheistic government of that nation reportedly said that the presence of Bibles could produce division and provoke… Continue reading

My grandson, Payton, is mastering language. Often He takes off into a flow of syllables that I cannot decipher, much to his dismay. Yesterday over breakfast he fired off a long sentence that I did not understand. When I mimicked… Continue reading

Unlike most Sundays, I was not really all that eager to speak yesterday, and that’s a problem for a preacher! There was the stress of dealing with some internal problems with one of our ministries during the week, which distracted… Continue reading