The Notebook

Are you a peacemaker or a troublemaker? We live in a world full of troublemakers. You cannot escape the reality that our society is filled with conflict and violence of every sort. You cannot escape it. Most often, we think of the conflict happening around us today, but it has always been so. In 196...

As we enter 2007 people around the globe are hoping for a better year than 2006. You may be one of them. Things just didn’t seem to work out the way you wanted them to. I have to admit I’m a little disappointed with the word “hope”. Not hope itself but with the word. The […]...

Some of us are alone this Christmas and its so discouraging to be alone. In the Charlie Brown Christmas special; Charlie Brown checks his mailbox but there’s no Christmas cards for him. And he remarks, “I know no one likes me but why do we have to have a holiday to emphasize it!” Statistics te...

Have you ever seen the movie “A Christmas Story?” The whole plot centers on the material expectations of little Ralphie. The only thing he wants for Christmas is an Official Red Ryder 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle. But he has a big problem – his mother is afraid that he’ll p...

My brother… Sunday, we finished up Daniel’s service and they buried our best friend. I wish you could had seen it man…it was unbelievable. We met at Holly-Gamble Funeral Home and assembled there were about 200 motorcycles called the Patriot Riders, all draped with American flags, a...

It seems like every day that goes by we hear on the news that one of our men or women in uniform has lost their life. In all likelihood everyone reading this entry knows a young man or woman who serves in our military in one of the five branches. I have known several young […]...

The past several months have been a whirlwind of moving from the pastorate of an established church to the uncharted waters of launching a brand new church. It is less than 48 hours until Bridge Church at Perry has it’s first preview and we are still scrambling at getting our equipmen, supplie...

Believe it or not, the house that was used in the 1983 movie, A Christmas Story is located in Cleveland. This week I took a bunch of guys from Mississippi to see this house and for some of them it was like they had met the President! The movie takes place in the 40’s and […]...

A pressing issue in ministry is understanding how to work with difficult people to bring about positive changes. A difficult person will disrupt fellowship, disable unity within the church body, and ruin relationships with specific individuals. These are grievous consequences of a difficult person&#...

I find myself writing more about people I care about than theology, politics, or church growth. When you think about it, it’s people that matter more than anything else on this planet. People matter more than animals, careers, possessions, or pleasures. It’s people that help make this li...