Looking for the Living Among the Dead
The second church I pastored was a small church of about two hundred in worship in the Rio Grande Valley. The week before my first Easter the Chairperson of the Board came to my office to ask me what turned out to be a very important question (not all of his questions were worth asking). […]
Loving Your Church to Death … Or to Growth
At my age I have a good bit of experience with love. I’ve been married a good long while, I have five children, and I have seven grandchildren … so far. And so I can say with a certainty that you can love your church to growth, and you can love your church to death. […]
Why I Love the Church
Several months ago I wrote an article about my brother-in-law and his church. The title of the article was Is There a Future for Old Military Road Baptist Church? Judging from the feedback I received, it was one of the more helpful articles I have written. My brother-in-law was dying. He had been battling cancer for […]
Why Kindness: An Invitation to be a World Changer
Every person on Planet Earth has at least one thing in common. Regardless of creed, geography or age: We all want to leave the world in a better state than the way we found it. I have drawn encouragement from numerous influential rabbis throughout history. The rabbis I particularly enjoy are the ones who have committed […]
When Love Came to Town
Valentine Day is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. For many people it is merely a time to exchange cards, and if a guy is especially smart he gets flowers for his girl or lady. The practice began in the 6th century and continues to this day. We […]
Your Destiny is Assured in Him
By now, most of us realize that we live in times of both great challenges and Kingdom advancement. Of course I’ve never been pregnant naturally, but I hear that labor pains feel a lot like dying. Yet, it is not death that is coming forth-but new life. For many of us, we look at our […]