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Every Mother’s Day for the last dozen years of my ministry as a pastor, we’d combine Mother’s Day with Graduate
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If You Had A Father….
If You Had a Father… …and you did, if you’re still standing in this world. Mine is a good man,
Lessons From the Waiting Room
This morning, I pulled on my clothes at 5:30 am and headed to the hospital to be with a member
A Prayer for Parents and Children
Yesterday I listened to an NPR story on the radio in my car about Noel Anaya. According to the piece
“Sixty is Just Alright”
It’s a good time to polish up friendships, love family, forgive, thank and bless. So I turned sixty, and for
Daniel Murphy, Sports and Babies
“J——, this is your pastor. Now having heard your confession on the air, will you stop by to receive penance instructions about
Asking Good Questions: A Sermon for a Young Parent
I’d want them to know my love was so strong that no matter how bad it gets, how far down
Standing Next to Death
I have not posted here in a month. I took the month of January off in a period of “lying
Keeping Children Safe in a Dangerous World
Last weekend, our family gathered in Stone Mountain, Georgia, to celebrate my parents’ 60th wedding anniversary. I must hasten to
Dogs, Giraffes and Why Barney Had It Right
The national outpouring of gratitude and mourning over the death of Andy Griffith goes on. It has spawned a jillion
The Flatpickin' Pilgrim's Progress 