I recently heard this story of a boy who desperately wanted a car for his sixteenth birthday. He didn’t hesitate in making that desire known. When that day finally arrived, he looked out the window, hopefully thinking that surely his new car would be there. But to his...
HEALING PRAYER IS GOD’S IDEA I love people! I get excited as I look forward to meeting new people. I am encouraged in my own Christian walk in mentoring young ministers. A few years ago I received an email from a young Canadian minister, asking me to...
GOD IN OUR LIVES Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him.(Ps. 37:7 RSV) A little boy was afraid to go to his room alone. He was assured by his mother that God was there, even though it was dark. He went to the door, peeked in, and said, "God, if you're in...
MAN DIMINISHED BY HIS OWN CREATION Maxie Dunnam What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visiteth him? For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor. Thou makest him to have dominion over...
I heard it often in Mississippi in the early sixties, Politics and religion don’t mix. I was a Methodist Minister and the civil rights issue was raging. You couldn’t be a serious Christian, or a faithful church-goer, without having to deal with the claim, politics...
The headline grabbed my attention: ROMNEY MODELS GRACEFIL EXIT FOR AGING POLITICIANS. (The Commercial Appeal, 9-2-24-23). Who could not know to what the article was responding? We are in a political season of a coming presidential election, and there’s never been one...
In my growing up years and in early adulthood, I found myself often thinking and sometimes saying, “Oh, if I could be like him.” As I matured a bit more, the expression of that longing changed. I found myself seeking to ease my sense of failure by thinking and talking...
I am always intrigued the way persons use Scripture in public speeches. I especially appreciate it when people know scripture and can honestly make decisions about public and political issues on the basis of seeking to be faithful to God’s word. Recently, Dr. Willie...
It’s one of the most adamant words in the New Testament, and it is addressed to a community of people in Philippi, “Rejoice in the Lord always.” To, make sure they get it, the writer continues, “I will say it again: Rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4) Paul, the person who...
Wherever we are and whatever is going on, the church often becomes a part of the conversation. “What is the church doing about the situation?” “Where is the church in the debate?” “Is the church going to take a stand?” “Why is the church involved…this is a political...