Hope For Tomorrow (Romans 8: 12-25) I remember growing up in the 50s and 60s when it seemed there wasn’t much on the television and we only had three channels to choose from as it was. Daytime television was the worst as after the noon news the airways were dominated by Soap Operas, and [...]
Strangely Warmed (Romans 8: 1-11) In May of 1738 John Wesley, the founder of our Methodist denomination, was feeling pretty low. He was an Anglican priest and was discouraged that his enthusiastic gospel message was not well-received by his Anglican brothers. In fact, it was flatly rejected. Today his message of “love your neighbor” [...]
Your Struggle is Real (Romans 7: 15-25) I’ve made a career out of listening. I know, sometimes it seems like I do more talking than listening, I know, I’m a chatty guy. I’m working on it along with a few other flaws. The challenge in listening is to not get in a hurry as [...]
The Slippery Slope (Romans 6:12-23) When I was in private practice in Tyler, Texas, I was hired by a young man who had been charged with a felony drug offense. Fortunately for him he was white and it was his first offense which made it easy to resolve with a deferred adjudication plea that meant [...]
No Excuses (Romans 6: 1-11) Back when I was with the Houston Police Department, I enjoyed working traffic and writing tickets. Traffic was tough in Houston, especially on the evening shift when people were trying to get home after a long day at work. I would keep an eye out for the impatient driver, [...]
Troubled and Helpless (Matthew 9: 35-10:8) Over the years I have made many references to John Wesley who is the founder of our Methodist denomination. I say founder, although forming a new Christian denomination was not on his bingo card. Wesley was born in 1703 into a religious family as his father was an [...]
Faith Plus Nothing (Romans 4: 13-25) It was a while back when I was here at the church on a Saturday morning during our busy time of ministering to those in need. I was outside pulling some weeds when I was approached by one of our visitors who engaged me in a conversation. He [...]
Christian Cataracts (Luke 24: 44-53) Well, it finally caught up to me. My eyes got so bad I had to have double cataract surgery. I once was blurry but now I see! Yeah, your eyes going bad kind of sneaks up on you because it is so gradual. I found it difficult to drive [...]
Show and Tell (1 Peter 3: 13-22) One of the things I most fondly remember from elementary school was show and tell. Excitedly, you would bring something to school to show your classmates and then tell them all about it. I don’t recall any of the things I brought but whatever it was, it [...]
New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra was famous for his redundant “Yogisms” that have become a part of American pop culture. You’ve probably heard a few and may not have realized they came from Yogi. There is literally one for every occasion. Here are a couple that are pretty profound. It ain’t over till [...]