Celebration of Pentecost- Pentecost is one of the most prominent days in the Christian calendar. It is often referred to as the “birthday of the church.” It is the day when Christians around the world celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit broadly and...
From June 4,2017 How appropriate that I should find myself being discontinued from Provisional Deacon status, ending my 9- year pursuit of ordained ministry, on Pentecost Sunday by the Alabama West Florida Conference tonight on recommendation of the Board of Ministry...
Inertia: A body in motion remains in motion, a body at rest remains at rest unless acted upon by an external force. I think it is going to be an “at rest” inertia day….. Tuning out external forces for a while……. . Will resume alternate mode,...
“Every knee will bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.” Perhaps it will not necessarily be by sweet fellowship and peaceful evangelism….. Maybe God has something else in mind based on humankind’s historical unwillingness to learn...
All righteousness of mankind is “as filthy rags”… only the righteousness of God- His grace, mercy, justice, and favor poured out as a blessing to all people of all nations- will provide the safety and nurture every child, every family...
In December 2021 I visited an elderly lady, Jo Pate, in a local assisted living center. She and my mother had been friends 2decades ago. Bill and I had known her husband, Stan, when they lived in Selma and we had each called on him when he was a buyer for a...
Written in response to the April 12 Seedbed Daily Text on membership in the “elder class:” I am 68. I have a few arthritic joints and my eyesight isn’t the best (but I look forward to when my ophthalmologist tells me my cataracts are...
So, I decided I’d binge on Season 1 of All Creatires Great and Small. As I’m watching the promo for it I spot something rather incredulous…. a character in the series holding a teacup…..a Wellington China Longton teacup…..just like the 4...
Nothing’s changed… from 5/30/2015 “Safe.”There are some people who actually consider me “safe”. They call to ask me questions that they might be reluctant to ask others….because they know I care. Because they know I...
Every single person has a “measure of faith”. Faith is a human capacity to believe in something, anything. It is the object of one’s faith, the thing(s) in which one believes that define and mold one’s faith. We are all “people of faith” in something. Some objects of...
