Today, the local high school held a fundraiser. They called it Princess Day. The high school students, who are attempting to raise money to travel to Disney World next spring, sold tickets to little girls...
The Lord counsels those who honor him; he makes his covenant known to them. My eyes are always looking to the Lord because he will free my feet from the net.
Psalm 25:14-15
What net are...
Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to you, Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14
When we lay our heads down at night, what is the thing that...
The Book of Philemon
A few years ago, I was driving through south Arkansas in the early morning, making my way home from a three day business trip. Right outside of Eudora, the biggest deer I...
That is why you are so great, Lord God! No one can compare to you, no god except you, just as we have always heard with our own ears.
2 Samuel 7:22
My God is the one...
Don’t be conformed to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you can figure out what God’s will is—what is good and pleasing and mature.
Romans 12:2
So...
Opening my eyes, I could tell that it had been a rough night. My throat was dry, my head was pounding, and even the very slightest movement made me want to puke. Then I heard...
Ephesians 2:8-9
8You are saved by God’s grace because of your faith. This salvation is God’s gift. It’s not something you possessed. 9 It’s not something you did that you can be proud of.
This morning I am thankful...
I have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and encouragement from my last article: "A P*ssed Off Southern Pastor Tells It Like It Is." I think it is a testimony to the very real...
I am a southern pastor and an educated professor who lives in rural Arkansas amidst folks who own guns and vote Republican. I hold college degrees, I preach in two churches, and I teach history...
In negotiating a labor contract, one man agrees to give another man his daughter in exchange for seven years of service. After the seven years are up, the father of the bride sneaks in his...
Yesterday was National Daughter's Day! I know this because Facebook told me so; well, maybe not Mark Zuckerberg himself, but all my friends on Facebook were posting pictures of their daughters and celebrating National Daughter's...
This morning, I started the SNAP Challenge. I am to to eat three healthy meals every day for an entire week on only $5 a day as an attempt to understand the challenges faced by...
Scripture Reading: Genesis 28:10-19a
Remember this story from my Bible study last week? Isaac, the son of Abraham, needed a wife. So a servant of Abraham had traveled back to their homeland to find a proper wife for...
Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of the horrible attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, September 11, 2001. It was a day that has defined the last 14 years of this country's...
Devotional Resources
We can all use a little help in our spiritual walk. Enlist these awesome resources as a way to develop a personal study plan or your family's daily Bible study plan and inspire new thought,...
Hebrews 2:9-11 but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he...
When I taught AP Human Geography, I discovered a series of videos that went very well with our assigned curriculum, Power of Place. The second volume of the video series is entitled Boundaries and Borderlands.
“The...
This was originally given as a sermon at Ola/Plainview, Arkansas United Methodist Church.
What is your favorite Disney movie? You know the ones? Damsel in distress meets handsome Prince and after numerous obstacles, they fall in love, defeat...
