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I was in a lower grade of elementary school. When I arrived at the place where I waited for the school bus, there was new gravel on the shoulder of the road. I thought how neat it would be to throw a piece of gravel and hit the hubcaps on passing cars. I proceeded to…
Do You Think About Ministry? A better ministry? An Interim Ministry? A new Ministry?Whether you’re a veteran preacher, a deacon wondering about your next step, a retiring professional ready to serve in a new capacity, or someone in your first year of ministry, if you’ve thought about it, you need to come to this workshop!…
The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness, by Morgan Housel, Copyright © 2020 Morgan Housel, eBook ISBN: 978-0-85719-769-6, published by Harriman House, LTD, Hampshire, Great Britain On the fifth Tuesday of each quarter of the year, I share a book I’ve read recently. I highlighted “mustard seeds,” which impressed me. I…
The first post in this blog was on January 6, 2015. I use this date as the day I started liking to write. I was approaching seventy years old and had been preaching for more than fifty years. I wrote bulletin articles each week and a weekly newspaper article when I lived in Dalton, Georgia….
I was running Tuesday, October 17, about 9:30 a.m. An SUV was in the turning lane a hundred yards ahead. She didn’t turn even though no cars were coming. A lady had her phone in her hand and her window down. “Do you know where you’re going?” she asked.I replied, “Yes. I’m going home, 756 Woodland…
We had a beautiful weekend at the Alabama 4-H Center in Columbiana, Alabama. The temperature was ideal. The facilities for sleeping and meeting were excellent. The food was delicious. We had all our meals there and spent Friday night there. There were nine elders, three ministers, and their wives in the workshop. They had read…
Three couples were recognized Sunday morning for completing New Shepherds Orientation Workshop. Steve and Anna Hurst, Jimmy and Tracy Smith, Tracy and Leslie Ring participated in the leadership training. The way we came up with the people in this workshop was to announce it for several weeks. I encouraged everyone who had an interest in…
Thank you to hundreds of friends who have read drafts, proofread, encouraged, asked, “When will your book be ready,” sent emails, and commented about how Gail’s story has affected you. You can now purchase Fleecy Clouds on Amazon!!! Decide which format you want, and click on the links below to get your copy. Fleecy Clouds, Kindle Buy…
I published this yesterday on Between Preachers website. It is receiving such a good response, I wanted this group to receive it, also. Some of you will get both posts. Interim Ministry Workshop, Tuesday-Thursday March 14–16, 2023, Heritage Christian University, Florence, Alabama When I started interim ministry in May 2007, I set some guidelines on…
What would Jesus Do? A good guess of what Jesus would do is what Jesus did. One of many things Jesus did well was to prepare His followers for the disappointment of His death. At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus started telling them about the end of his earthly life. From that time Jesus began to show…