Feb 17, 2015 | Blog
Screen door opening and closing. Ticking of Big Ben alarm clock on the mantel of grandparent’s house. Crickets in a cricket box used for fishing trips. Voice of my grandmother calling me “Sonny Boy.” Chickens clucking in the yard. Rain hitting my grandparent’s...
Feb 17, 2015 | Sermons
Psalm 38:17-18 Luke 19:1-10 Somewhere back there in your sandbox days, you did something wrong that was clearly a violation of sandbox rules. Perhaps you pushed your friend down so you could ride the big wheel. You might have buried his G.I. Joe and pretended you...
Feb 5, 2015 | Sermons
Leviticus 6:1-6 Sandy and Rick Jones traveled with Dustin and Leslie, Mattie, and Sara through the state of Mississippi during the Christmas holidays, walking through cemeteries in the pouring rain, tracing down leads from records of their ancestors obtained in old...
Feb 1, 2015 | Sermons
Luke 19: 1-10 When parents who have children invite others over for a meal, they play a little game with their guests called, “Welcome to our clean house.” To have a clean house you have to start cleaning three to five days in advance and you have to remove the...
Jan 30, 2015 | Blog
Spoiler Alert (Movie Review) My wife picked out a movie not long ago and said, “I chose this movie because it has Morgan Freeman in it. All of his movies are good.” Robert Redford was the other main actor in that movie. I just smiled. I agree with my wife’s assessment...