Usually, in shopping for the grandchildren’s Christmas presents, Shannon and I are a team.  She tells me what we are going to buy, and I agree.  This year was different.Because of Shannon’s traumatic brain injury, I was the one making all the decisions for our grandchildren’s gifts.  While my sister really tried to keep me between the guardrails, … Continue reading Daily Devotional for January 10, 2024 →

Daily Devotional for January 9, 2024 For the last six months, Shannon’s home has been in rehabilitation hospitals in Dallas.  In a little over month, that will change.  While she doesn’t remember our home or our wonderful life prior to the accident, I will be bringing her home.  This past week, the therapists in Dallas began training me on … Continue reading →

Andrew, Allison, and their beautiful children are a family I dearly love.  Nine months ago, Allison told me she was pregnant.  I was pumped because that meant I got to do another baptism.While their children’s names start with a J, I immediately started calling their unborn child Tom.  Allison said they had decided not to know the baby’s … Continue reading Daily Devotional for January 8, 2024 →

When Shannon got hurt, I went from spending my time in Temple to spending my time in a rehabilitation hospital in Dallas.  This meant making some big adjustments.  It didn’t take long to realize by spending my time in Dallas, I could not take care of our cattle, so I sold our herd.  This was not something I … Continue reading Daily Devotional for January 4, 2024 →

On New Year’s Day, just like everyone else in Texas, I was driving on I35 from Dallas to Temple.  On the way home, I realized I didn’t have any food in the house because I had cleaned out the refrigerator shortly after Shannon’s accident because I knew I would not be home for a long time.  So … Continue reading Daily Devotional for January 3, 2024 →

Sunday morning when I was on my way to the church, my phone dinged.  It was Dee.  Listed below is his text.  I do not know the original author, but I do know it spoke to me.  I hope it speaks to you.“I was in Dollar Tree last night and there was a lady and two kids behind me … Continue reading Daily Devotional for January 2, 2024 →

While in Dallas, I got Covid.  Not the cute little sniffles and headache.  I got the full meal deal.  Which meant, I was isolated in a hospital room for ten days.On the day of my release, the nurse told me I could leave at 10:30.  I told her no matter what was happening, I was walking out of the … Continue reading Daily Devotional for December 28, 2023 →

For my family, every Christmas has the same components.  A house full of Christmas decorations, beautiful Candlelight Christmas Eve services, seeing family, exchanging gifts, and eating more food than is humanly possible.  All of this is done in celebrating Jesus’ birth.  This year was different.This year, I preached at the Christmas Eve morning worship service and then drove … Continue reading Daily Devotional for December 27, 2023 →

This coming Sunday, we will have our Candlelight Christmas Eve worship services.  These are my all-time favorite services of the year.  For me, there’s nothing more beautiful than seeing an entire congregation raise lit candles into the darkness of our large sanctuary as we sing Silent Night.  There’s nothing quite like seeing hundreds of little bright flickering lights … Continue reading Daily Devotional for December 21, 2023 →

I got the following text from Jeff.  He sounded in distress."So … today is our 38th anniversary… my lovely wife showed up at the breakfast table wearing a big black robe !! ( looks like the  grim reaper has come to call ) then she informs me that after work her co workers are going to a … Continue reading Daily Devotional for December 20, 2023 →