The Notebook

In 1983, I kind of had an experience where I had to ask myself, “What are you doing here?” When we are young, we pretty much think we are invincible and can take on the world. Where I grew up, there is a big festival each year in April called The Dogwood Arts Festival.  It […]...

Obviously the Bible wasn’t written as a science book. It’s a book about God’s dealings with human beings. You’ve probably also been told that the two camps, the Bible camp and the science camp, will never be able to get along. They’re going to be strange bedfellows and kind of ornery towar...

A soldier fighting over in Iraq received a letter from his girl friend that said she was breaking up with him. She also asked him to send the picture she had given him when he left because she needed it for her bridal announcement. The soldier was heart broken and told his friends of his […]...

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Green Eggs and Ham is one of the most popular children’s books ever written by Theodor Seuss Geisel.  In an interview, Dr. Seuss (his pen name), said he wrote Green Eggs and Ham to hopefully get rid of the montonous reading books of Dick, Jane and Spot that many of us over the age of [&he...

Jesus is popping up everywhere on Ebay these days.  If you do a search on Ebay for the word Jesus, you will see that there are over 8,800 items listed for sale that have to do with Jesus. Items such as this Got Jesus magnet  are all for sale for a price. He has shown […]...

All of us are faced with a certain amount of worry and stress in life. ALL OF US. We know this, but what we can do about it? We don’t need to hear more about the “bad” news. We want the “good” news of what to do about worry and stress! How to handle it. […]...

Have you ever wanted to run away?We probably all have that feeling once in a while. We just want to get away. Sometimes I feel that way being in the ministry. It is so hard trying to keep so many people happy, and I feel pretty frustrated at times. Sometimes I think just walking away […]...

This Sunday I will begin a new teaching series on the life of Jonah, titled "Learning From the Life of Jonah" (subtitle:a Bonehead Prophet). Most of us remember Jonah from one event in his life – that he was snack food for a very large fish. In reality, Jonah was a prophet of God in ...

If you are unfamiliar with the term gidddddy up, then you are probably not a fan of the character Cosmo Kramer on the Seinfield show. It was one of his signature sayings. After it’s final episode six years later, it is the most watched syndicated television show in history. Kramer desired fame...