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Mr. Barrett's Third Place
It didn't take long to notice the obvious: people weren't just coming there for the pizza! While the pizza was good (correction: REALLY goo
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Jul 20, 20213 min read


Are You Ready For the Answer to Your Prayers?
Brent Curtis said that if he could write the script for his life the title would be, "God Helps Brent Pursue Money...
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Jul 10, 20215 min read


Adoption is the Best Option
When you read that title, I bet you thought this would be a post about Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice. It’s not, but the phrase came to my mind fo
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Jul 9, 20214 min read


Even if He Doesn’t...
Faith seems like an odd, shifting, abstract concept sometimes. There doesn’t seem to be a satisfying way to define it. It is something like
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Jul 8, 20216 min read


O-BOLD-ient
We had just finished our meal when suddenly I looked up and Hallie (my 21 year-old stepdaughter) was gone. I looked all around and finally
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Jul 7, 20213 min read


Hearing God
“Why is it that when we talk to God it is called prayer but when God talks to us it is called schizophrenia?” (Lily Tomlin) I grew up...
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Jul 3, 20215 min read


Thou Shalt Not...But Probably Do Anyway
“And there we all were, as invisible as you could wish to see.” C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3) We...
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Jul 1, 20216 min read


Let's Begin
When I was in high school, our youth group did a dramatic presentation of Jesus’ death for Easter. The local newspaper came out and...
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Jun 30, 20214 min read


Surprise, Surprise
How many of you love surprises?!? I'll wait a minute to count all of those I see, even the ones in the back of the room...
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Jun 29, 20213 min read


The Bible Is Not Enough
The bright, red words-“Bible Classes for All Ages” scrolled across the digital sign of a church I drove past. I wondered if the minivan mom
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Jun 25, 20215 min read


Gulped and Bowed
A few weeks ago, I received a message from a relative asking if my brother and I had any plans set to celebrate my parents' 50th Wedding...
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Jun 24, 20213 min read


Jesus and Your Pigs
In the movie Forest Gump, Lieutenant Dan is full of disdain for all the men in his veteran's group who constantly speak of "Finding Jesus".
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Jun 19, 20215 min read


Un-Intentional Foul
I'm not a big NBA fan...honestly, I really can't stand it. I think NBA basketball is five games of 1-on-1 basketball and there isn't...
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Jun 15, 20213 min read


When Jesus Goes to Meddlin'
I was born in December and carried to church in a Christmas stocking. I have endured a lot of sermons. Preaching is a challenge...
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Jun 9, 20215 min read


McConflict
This week, I went to a local McDonald's (in Avon Park) to grab a cup of coffee and work off-site for a little while. I went to sit down in
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Jun 8, 20213 min read


Look!
Have you ever watched a loved one walk away from you and you know you'll be anxiously awaiting their return?!? Today, our daughter heads...
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Jun 2, 20213 min read


Why Don’t They Listen to Us?
“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it...
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Jun 1, 20215 min read


Challenges To Our Faith
“In the time of Herod, king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife...
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May 27, 20215 min read


I Want To See
They may not always tell you, but your kids need you. It doesn't matter how old they are or what stage of life they're in - if they have...
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May 25, 20213 min read


TE-bow?
Once you've made a name for yourself in a certain field, people will give you opportunities to do that in other fields. Last week, a...
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May 18, 20213 min read
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