Embracing a Spirit of Generosity

2 Corinthians 8:1-15 October 16, 2016 My wife and I just returned from Maine where we spent part of our time in Acadia National Park, the largest national park east of the Mississippi River. The park is on an island that was once inhabited by the Wabaniki Indians and...

Life Lessons from Jose Fernandez’ Death

This week the Florida Marlins and major league baseball lost two-time All-Star and 2013 Rookie Pitcher of the Year, Jose Fernandez, who was killed along with two friends in a night-time boating accident in Miami. Sportswriter Tom Verducci said that Fernandez is the...

Letting Go of Pride

2 Kings 5:1-9 Recently Justin Morrow flew me from the Jackson County Airport to the Troy Memorial Airport in Troy, Alabama so I could attend and speak at my high school English teacher’s funeral following our own church services here last month.  Justin is a...

September 18 Letting Go of Anger

My son John played middle school football.  Let me rephrase that.  My son John was on the middle school football team for one season.  He played a total of five plays the entire season. The team did not win a single game.  After we had gotten beat by over thirty...

Letting Go of Hate

Letting Go of Hate Romans 12: 9-12 Today marks the 15th Anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon and lives lost when passengers aboard another plane likely kept it from crashing into another landmark, possibly the Capitol, as it crashed into a...