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Sowing Seeds: Winter shelter
Our church participated in housing 65 homeless guests for a week. During that week, we provided a place to sleep along with breakfast and dinner. ...
Our church participated in housing 65 homeless guests for a week. During that week, we provided a place to sleep along with breakfast and dinner. ...
Tap-tap, tap-tap-tap, tap-tap-tap-tap: annoying sounds? Maybe, but it could mean much more. Captain Eugene ‘Red’ McDaniel tapped on the walls of his cell in the ...
Years ago, our neighborhood was blasted with eighteen inches of snow. I was stranded at home, but it was nice to relax and enjoy the ...
Mell and I love to visit “Epworth by the Sea” a retreat center in St. Simons, Georgia; named for the England home of John and ...
Over the past few weeks, I challenged our congregation to take $10 and either multiply it and donate it to our Potter’s House mission for ...
For me, Christmas used to start with lights – lots of lights. What can I say? I grew up in Virginia Beach, home of the ...
One person not often seen in any nativity scene is the innkeeper. Often, he is portrayed as the bad guy who makes Mary and Joseph ...
The story of the Wise Men by almost any account is strange. Most Bible stories are about the people of Israel. The Wise Men or ...
Do you remember December of 1989? News organizations broadcast live from the Berlin Wall as it came crashing down symbolizing the rapidly imploding collapse of ...
Christians are not immune to financial problems. One article claimed the percentage of Christians declaring bankruptcy is roughly the same as non-Christians. Yet, in Matthew ...
Anyone in the military, looking at this title: “Duty, Honor, Grace” would be tempted to correct me. The more familiar phrase is “Duty, Honor, Country.” ...
Recently, I was asked: “Most Christians do not have an appropriate understanding and appreciation for the end times and the return of Christ. How did ...
For a children’s message, I wanted to illustrate Job from the Bible losing his family and his possessions. I said, “At any time, your calm ...
Chip Ingram wrote, “Good to Great in God’s Eyes: Ten Practices Great Christians Have In Common.” Two of those practices stood out for me: Take ...
Zig Ziglar once told a story of an old-fashioned, fire-engine red, hand water pump. I have seldom used one but there was a time, if ...
As we would say in the South, “I was raised right!” My family attended church off and on. Being a navy family, we moved frequently ...
If you want to see as much of Europe as you can in one trip then read on but if you want to savor the ...
Mell and I often traveled to church bazaars. We enjoyed the atmosphere as well as meeting people at various churches I supervised. I also bought ...
We had a thermostat problem and it was getting out of hand. Actually, we had a thermostat war!! Does this sound drastic? Well, let me ...
There is a parable about a wild goose shot down by a local hunter. Only wounded in one wing, the goose landed safely in a ...
I’ve learned the hard way that helping opportunities are often unplanned and if you are not careful unnoticed. I share this story occasionally to remind ...
I was not looking for an opportunity to be a preacher. All I wanted was to purchase some mulch at Wal-Mart and go home but ...
This story was originally told by my friend and mentor Zig Ziglar. I also want to say that no cats were harmed in the writing ...
A friend recently described tense moments while waiting for his wife’s surgery. He wrote: “It was ten o’clock at night and she was outside looking ...
You don’t hear much about it anymore but during the 1960’s and early 70’s there was nothing cooler than surfing for someone my age. Surfers ...
“What if you knew that by simply crossing the room and saying “hello” to someone, you could change that person forever? Just a few steps ...
My home church supported a mission ship sailing to poorer countries offering free books, and other supplies. They also sponsored students who volunteered to do ...