Category: Spiritual Life

Today, I am feeling on edge. It is toward no one in particular. At the moment, I am feeling a little on edge about my life, my ministry, and the church. I find myself longing for simplicity. This afternoon, I was thinking about my life as it was almost thirty years ago. I was a… Continue reading Back to Simplicity

I suppose that this was a pretty ordinary Saturday. I mowed. I weed-eated. We live on three acres and so all of that takes a little time. Jamie did some of it yesterday but she now has a job which means that I will probably be doing more mowing this year. By the way–I was… Continue reading On Things that are Ordinary

Do you ever find that you are living with constant and regular disappointment? Maybe you come to the place where you finally cross a significant bridge. You graduate from high school or college. You get the job that you have worked so hard for. You get married. You have children. You retire. You cross one… Continue reading What Do You Expect?

The other day, I was at one of Jamie’s track meets. All day long there were a variety of races. At these track meets, I will generally stand against the fence around the track, waiting on my daughter’s race. The time came for the 100 meter, varsity boys’ run. This is always interesting. These guys… Continue reading The Lone Runner

Well, not quite. This Florida beach does look inviting. Doing nothing all day and eating fresh shrimp at night. No, that is pretty far away right now. This past weekend was great, however. 1. On Sunday, I was a part of a very good assembly. It was one of those mornings when I was able… Continue reading Weekend Getaway?

I don’t know Louise or anything about her.  I do know that she is not the only one who needs mercy.  I find that the more intimately that I know God and the more clearly I see him in Scripture, the more I realize that I need mercy.  I suppose that if we are just… Continue reading Have Mercy…

Last Saturday evening, our good friends Doug and Dereece were visiting from Alabama. We had run around all day. A trip to Crawford. A run to HEB for meat to grill. Some were looking for a good buy at Steinmart. Finally we were home. Late that evening, Charlotte went to the extra refrigerator that is… Continue reading Last Saturday Evening’s Visitor

This past weekend, I was in Alabama. I spent a little over ten years of my life in that state. These were very good years–for the most part. Saturday, I was there for a wedding. The daughter of some of our very best friends (for almost 20 years) was getting married. The wedding was in… Continue reading Why Is Everything Changing?

I was thinking the other day about how good I had it when I was in school. You remember–Start a new semester in the fall and then finish it just before Christmas. Then we had a Christmas break. Following that break another semester began and then ended in May. Then–school was out! For most of… Continue reading Weekend Review

Welcome to the new blog site that I am using! This particular site allows me to put much more on the page than I could before. A couple of things that you might notice: On the left hand side of the page, there is a section that I have entitled encouragment. These are some of… Continue reading New Location!