Bill and I were young marrieds with a toddler and an infant. It was mid-1970s. We had made a commitment to join and attend a church, Whitfield United Methodist Church, in part because that was how we were raised. A Sunday School class for young marrieds was being led...
I arrived early at my church one morning. It was quiet; staff members had not yet arrived. I sat on a comfortable sofa in the carpeted entry and just listened. I realized that even “quiet” isn’t silent. The renovated building has a life of its own....
Excessively aggressive child and infant removal from parents by Tennessee child services reported by WMBB on 3/19/23…..Shocking? Of local interest? This action in Tennessee doesn’t make any more sense than when it happens in Bay County, too. Third party...
Promoting Mental Fitness! Inspired by Bibical Counseling Coalition’s “What Do You Do With A Diagnosis?”, this is what we do at Titus 2 Partnership. Biblical understanding of one’s true identity in Christ constructs a bridge from an...
At a particularly embattled and exhausting moment in my life, in a hospital emergency room after a brief evaluation by a psychiatric nurse and recommended for admission to a psychiatric unit, I took a brief trip, spiritually and psychologically, to another...
“Triangles are very strong shapes which makes them important when building strong and stable structures.” This Tweet by Eric Hoke caught my eye. This individual helps pastors leaving ministry find their place...
There are certain points in the faith journey that resonate with those who embark on it. Reading about the life of Oswald Chambers tonight I came across this gem: While in a church meeting as a college student he stood and said, “Either Christianity is a...
John 4- Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well in Sychar…. 19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21...
3/19/2017 The Islamic Society cooked the breakfast yesterday at the Community Breakfast (now in its 4th or 5th year) and served the guests side by side with the rest of us regular volunteers. The organizers of breakfast have generally given the privilege of...
One lesson learned during Hurricane Michael was the value of teamwork and process. Now we seem to be having to apply all of those lessons again in all this COVID 19 chaos. What that teamwork looks like depends on one’s own internal and external resources and the...
