We're walking through the book of Acts. The church is on a roll.  Despite the Ananias and Sapphira scandal , the growth of this Jesu...

Are you worthy to suffer?  That sounds weird, huh? I mean, my knee-jerk reaction to suffering is, “Lord, why me? What wrong did I do...

Whew, what a year. While we can probably say that about any year, this one was one for the books. Of course I am specifically thinking abou...

I'm writing this post knowing that it's not an exciting issue for most people. But it actually is, if you love God's church, t...

My kids and my godly and active 98-year-old grandmother. She still plays the organ for her church. Talk about a woman who has made a  ...

Another feeble  attempt at poetry . Don't make fun! I'm just trying to exercise the right (read: creative) side of my brain, and ex...

Everybody knows that a little snow in East Tennessee gives everyone the notion to hunker down in their homes--especially when it's Sup...

Whew. It was awesome. And it was (for me anyway) really, really challenging. In fact, I feel like I’ve graduated or something. Many mo...