I recently read where a company called, “Afterlife Telegrams” offers to deliver messages to the dead for a price of $10 a word (with a five-word minimum) by way of terminally ill patients who promise to deliver the messages upon “passing into the afterlife.” In the fine print of the […]
Help me, God!
I was 14 years old. My family was vacationing in Athens, Greece. We were traveling in the very busy city by bus. On this particular day I remember hearing my parents say, as we stood at the bus stop, that we were looking for bus number 2. That’s all I […]
Barbed-wire, briars and fire ants!
I was out at the ranch mending some fences this weekend. Several things came to my mind as I was working with barbed-wire, near briars and fire-ants. That is a painful combination. It seemed that every few moments I was either getting stuck by the barbed-wire, or the vines of […]
Are You Listening?
I recently read about the results of a study that reported how noise affects human behavior. In one experiment carried out by psychologists, a student leaving a library intentionally dropped an armload of books. In 50% of the cases, a passerby stopped to help the student pick up the books. […]
Move Forward!
Years ago when Starla and I were Pastoring in Houston, I would often go downtown on Saturday and invite the homeless to ride our bus on Sunday to church. I remember talking to man whose street name was “Redman.” I asked him to ride the bus to church, he […]
God is in Control!
I want you to remember this today- God is in control. Your dreams, plans, purpose and destiny are in God’s hands. God is in control. Maybe you have had one set-back after another. Maybe you have had one failure after another. Maybe you have had one letdown after another. I’m […]
Keep the faith!
Ravi Zacharias tells the amazing story of a young Christian in Vietnam. He writes, “I was ministering in Vietnam in 1971, and one of my interpreters was Hien Pham, an energetic young Christian. He had worked as a translator with the American forces, and was of immense help both to […]
Keep Moving Forward!
Sometimes you have to take a stand. You have to be willing to hold your ground and not turn back. Many people give up and turn back for one reason or another and never fulfill their God-given dreams. I thought it was interesting to learn that the country of Australia […]
Innocently Beautiful!
Don’t you just love the innocence of children? Sometimes it’s downright hilarious, and other times, it’s as scary as can be. Below are some letters written by children to their Pastor. Dear Pastor, I know God loves me but I wish He would give me an “A” on my report […]
Stand by your man!
My mother recently told me this story. It sounded similar to conversations I have had with people in my life and in my church throughout the years. My father and mother were Pastors for many years. They saw their fair share of changes in the church. At one particular point, […]