Well. Here it is. January 2022. Can you believe we entered another new year already? Another new year often brings a desire for improvement or change over the way we did things the previous year.
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What Are Your Christmas Traditions?
What are your Christmas traditions? We all have them. What we eat. Where we go. Who we see. When we open gifts. How we celebrate. Growing up, in my family, if we received presents given
Read moreSeason of Thanksgiving and Gratefulness
The season of thanksgiving and gratefulness is upon us, my friends. I pray it is a joyful time full of thanks and gratitude for God’s bountiful rich blessings. Amid all the joy of celebration, this
Read moreWhat Kind of Leader Do We Strive to Be?
What kind of leader do we strive to be? Leaders come in all kinds of different shapes, sizes, colors, and temperaments. There are good and bad leaders. Honorable and dishonorable. Benevolent and despotic. Self-sacrificing and
Read moreReady Or Not Fall Is Here
Ready or not fall is here. Yesterday, we celebrated Labor Day here in the States, the non-official end of summer. The day which, in times past, marked the end of wearing white clothing until Memorial
Read moreA Degree of Patience
Few people I know enjoy waiting. Waiting often requires a degree of patience. Depending on the situation, patience may be the last thing we feel like exhibiting. When I was young, every summer my mother
Read moreFreedom from Tyranny Through Christ
My family visited Washington on the Brazos, Texas a while back. It is known as the Birthplace of Texas. It was here the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed. At the time, Texas belonged to
Read moreFrom Friends to Father and Son
What does it take to go from friends to father and son? In 1992 I found out. “You can’t marry Tony. He was my friend first!” That wasn’t the response I expected from my 16-year-old
Read moreRizpah’s Motherly Love
Next Sunday is the day in the States we’ve set aside to honor mothers. While there are many stories of mothers in the Bible, both good and bad, today I’d like to talk about Rizpah’s
Read moreMake Room For Renewal
In March of 2021, as my part of southeast Texas dealt with another historic weather event, I realized in order to make room for renewal, we must remove what is damaged first. Instead of our
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