This year for Easter, our worship services were dramatically different because there was no sermon.  Instead, our magnificent choir, accompanied by a very talented orchestra, presented COME to the CROSS and REMEMBER.  It was beautiful. What I didn’t expect happened after the services were over. After the first service, Brian walked up, shook my hand, and said, “That … Continue reading Daily Devotional April 11, 2023 →

There are many times when my marriage is in serious jeopardy.  It’s always Shannon’s fault.  Here’s an example.Through the years, Shannon has done almost all the grocery shopping because when I go to the grocery store, she doesn’t like the results.On those rare occasions when Shannon sends me grocery shopping, she always makes a meticulous list of … Continue reading Daily Devotional for April 6, 2023 →

Years ago, a pastor friend of mine, stood before the congregation for the benediction at the end of the Easter Worship Service and said, “I will see many of you again on Christmas Eve.”While it is true that many people who come to church on Easter won’t darken the church doors again until Christmas Eve, … Continue reading Daily Devotional for April 5, 2023 →

Rerun of Daily Devotional April 3, 2018 Way back at the beginning of time, when I was in the process of becoming a pastor, I served the Haslet/Dido Charge.  That meant serving two small, wonderful congregations at the same time. Danny Peek was an old cowboy who served on the Haslet Pastor Parish Relations Committee.  Sonny Nance … Continue reading Daily Devotional April 4, 2023 →

Barbara sent me the following account from Corrie Ten Boom’s life.  I pray it speaks to you the way it spoke to me. “Sex,” I was pretty sure, meant whether you were a boy or girl, and “sin” made Tante Jans very angry, but what the two together meant I could not imagine. And so, seated … Continue reading Daily Devotional April 3, 2023 →