I have been in professional ministry for over 60 years, most of those years as a pastor. I can’t imagine a richer life. By common standards, most would say I have had a successful ministry. I have reservations even using the word successful in relation to ministry....
Am I wrong in assuming that when you saw the title of this blog you immediately thought of sexual love? If I were a stranger seeing it, that’s the way I would think. I may write a blog with that focus someday because we need to give more attention to the sexual...
I’m not an avid poll watcher, but I pay attention when Gallup shares some finding about the church. I’m pondering a recent revelation. For the first time since they have been surveying the topic, less than half the country belongs to a church of any kind. Along with...
Do you know the word snippet? Is it even a word? Merriam-Webster doesn’t list it in their 61/2 by 9 2 inch thick Newly Revised and Updated edition of Dictionary and Thesaurus. I was considering making PERSONAL SNIPPETS a regular feature of maxiedunnam10 (my Facebook...
Earth Day is today, April 22. As Christians we need to spend time thinking about creation. The Bible, begins, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” After fleshing that out rather extensively, the writer says, “Then God said, ’Let us make man in our...
A picture is worth a thousand words. This saying was invented by an advertising executive, Fred R. Barnard. He took out an ad in Printer's Ink in 1921 with the headline “One Look Is Worth a Thousand Words” and attributed it to an ancient Japanese philosopher. He was...
