Where Were You?

Hey, Brother.  We missed you this past week at church.  Where were you?  You missed a great Bible lesson Sunday morning before the worship service.  I noticed that you were missing Sunday night, also.  We had another great sermon.  I wish you could have heard it.  And Wednesday night.  The brother had a great lesson.  [...]

“The Noticer”, by Andy Andrews

That’s the title of a book I started reading over the weekend. It’s actually a fairly short book, but with other things stealing my time, it’s taken me a while to finish it. Part fiction, part nonfiction, it’s taken a good bit from the experiences of the author, who lost both parents as a teenager [...]

How do you spend your time?

My long-time friend Jim Martin is pulpit minister for a congregation in Waco, and maintains a blog I highly recommend: A Place For The God-Hungry. His post from Tuesday (2/4/09) was a pretty insightful look at how we spend our time, and the things we should really be making time for. I repeat that post [...]

“Christian wins car for perfect church attendance”

Now wouldn’t that be a hoot? Actually, it’s sort of not as far-fetched as it sounds. I’m a former high school math teacher, and am still involved in a round-about way with secondary education, so one of the blogs I monitor is that of Teacher Magazine. One of their headlines Tuesday caught my eye: “12-year-old [...]

“Not discerning the body”

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 1 Corinthians 11:29 (KJV) I grew up in a worship-three-times-a-week-take-communion-every-Sunday Christian home, and I still believe most of what I was taught as a young Christian. Such is not the case with this verse. I was taught [...]