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Coming and Going

Coming and Going

This Easter 2018 morning, as some drove to Carillon Beach and back, church parking lots were observed filled to overflowing…including a long line of cars parked along Back Beach Road at one church. Law enforcement officers worked to manage traffic in and out of...
Infant’s Sleeping Smile

Infant’s Sleeping Smile

  Praying today for a baby being born to our nephew and his beautiful wife, Ryan and Sally Boyd of Albany, Ga.   Infant’s Sleeping Smile   I’ve stood by your cradle and watched you Dream your silent dreams. Empty they are of a language But filled...
Small(est) Blessings……..

Small(est) Blessings……..

Yesterday I attended the funeral of my sister-in-law’s 83 year old mother, Charlene Sheffield Mallard.  It was a sweet celebration of a gifted Christian woman.  Her lifelong love of art and painting and her  ministry to preschool children were especially noted. ...
Shaky Systems

Shaky Systems

I was sitting next to a friend at a luncheon and the subject of teachers with guns in schools came up. She, a former teacher, said, “They took the Bible out of the classroom. Then they took paddles away from the teachers. Now they want to give teachers...
His Glory in Our Story

His Glory in Our Story

Sharing one’s story of recovery with others can be tremendously encouraging, even life changing, for some who might hear.  Women in recovery at Titus 2 receive specific instruction on writing and sharing their witness through their own story while in classes...
Diakonia…….

Diakonia…….

There may be multiple ways to be ordained as clergy. But being ordained as a deacon, however it is accomplished, is not nearly as important as simply being obedient to God. And I have believed for 10 years that I was being obedient to God in following this call! On...
Pearly Gates

Pearly Gates

One of the issues we revisit regularly in recovery and discipling is the matter of suffering- why it is present, how we face it, consecrating it to God for His redemptive work through it, etc. Recently, I was struck with the fact that, in the New Jerusalem, the...