Okay, maybe I like confrontation a little too much. Or maybe I am just an equal opportunity type guy, but one thing’s for sure: I am probably going to make both sides of the “gay marriage” debate angry with this post. Oh well, to be honest, I’m pretty fed up with them too. With my … Continue reading
“Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Isaiah 6:8 I can still remember my first visit to the campus of Roanoke Bible College (now Mid-Atlantic Christian University). I was being given a tour of the campus, and this was before the new chapel/gym/library in the Albert Blanton III Center was built. As … Continue reading
The minister closes his Bible. Black clad family members shake his hand and whisper thank you. Quietly the crowd moves away from the graveside. It’s an all too familiar scene for many of us. A life has been celebrated. A death has been mourned. A family has said goodbye. I am no stranger to funerals. … Continue reading
If I have told her once I have told her a thousand times not to take a bath with her e-reader. But she is my daughter, which means she has to learn some things the hard way, and that was the case last night. She (name withheld to protect the not-so-innocent) opened the door last … Continue reading
I know, some of you read the title and are ready to send me a scathing, 3,000 word e-mail about abortion, the right to life movement, Roe v. Wade and fetal heartbeats. Don’t waste your time. I’m wholeheartedly against abortion. I believe it is murder and I also believe that a just God will one … Continue reading
“If my people, who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn…” -II Chronicles 7:14a “Turn your eyes upon Jesus.” -Helen H. Lemmel I have a love/hate relationship with America. Now before my patriotic friends pick up the torches and pitchforks, allow me to explain. I love our … Continue reading
It’s Christmas day and there’s an empty chair Where a loved one sat so very near. There are presents underneath the tree That little eyes will never see. The candle’s flame flickers low, The lights have seemed to lose their glow, And even if there were snow We would still feel Death’s ruthless blow. Where, … Continue reading
My emotions now are a freight train of feelings colliding with a passenger train of adjectives. Anger. Wrecked. Brokenhearted. Shattered. Shocked. Sickened. No matter how hard I try, there is no way to make sense of an armed man executing a classroom of 5-year-olds. The idea of it is nauseating. Seeing it carried out in … Continue reading
Half of the country woke up this morning saying, “Great! Another four years!” The other half rolled out of bed, poured themselves a cup of sarcasm and said, “Great. Another four years.” Regardless how you voted, this one truth is certain: we are not a United States of America despite the soaring rhetoric from both … Continue reading
Every minister has questions. I’d be lying if I said otherwise. Some are sparked by pure curiosity: Why does every stereotypical ‘traditional’ church have the exact same portrait of Jesus? Why did they choose this color for the carpet? What will happen if I ‘forget’ to wear a tie on Sunday? (if you preach at … Continue reading
The Pondering Preacher 