Ever taken a picture of a beautiful view and your ineptness as a photographer or your cheap camera made the scene look like the empty lot at the end of your cul de sac? Adequate pictures of the past are vital to passing on history correctly. A picture should and can equal at […]
Archive | October, 2023
I Need You More…
This morning in worship we sang the song “I Need You More.” (Bethel Music & Kim Walker) Smith) I’ve sung it more times than I can remember and must have liked it because it came easily to my mind and heart. The first seven words stopped me mid-sentence as I grabbed a pen and the […]
An Oboe In The House
If you attend an orchestra production, you’ll find the orchestra in place, an empty conductor’s podium and the First Violinist standing beside his podium. He raises his violin and plays the evening’s first solo. It’s an extended pitch of the “A” note, and it’s a pretty significant solo at that. It may not sound like […]
When I Grow Up
If you had asked me when I was four years old, what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer could easily have been “either a preacher or dinosaur.” The career path wasn’t exactly clear to me at that point – but I grew up and became what I still am, a minister. […]
Options
“Options” was written 10 years ago. It’s time to read it again today! They should have known better, those close advisors to this king whose faith in God was big enough to send a small stone at a large gian The counselors were only doing their job. They looked around, made assessments on […]