Jul 4, 2015 | Blog
People taking a stroll through my parents’ yard would see various kinds of plants, trees, and flowers they have planted over the 41 years they have owned their property. There are many varieties of daylilies, hydrangeas, azaleas, various kinds of roses, marigolds,...
Jun 26, 2015 | Sermons
John 8:1-11 Psychologists tell us that we can feel shame as young as infancy. They notice this in a baby’s facial expressions as a mom steps out of a room for a moment and then back in. As the baby hears the mother coming back into the room, he anticipates making...
Jun 23, 2015 | Blog
I passed a man enjoying some shade under the pecan trees of our church parking lot on my way home for lunch last week. The door of his car was open and he looked to be relaxing and doing some reading. I almost walked by but then I stopped and spoke with him, as I was...
Jun 21, 2015 | Sermons
Genesis 45:1-14; 25-28 There are some fish that cannot be caught. It’s not that they are faster or stronger than other fish; they are just touched by something extra. One such fish was the Beast, and by the time I was born he was already a legend. He’d passed up more...
Jun 16, 2015 | Sermons
Luke 7:36-50 “The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces. He was wise,...