Shannon and I have a beautiful garden filled with tomatoes, cucumbers, acorn squash, yellow squash, bell peppers, jalapenos, okra, serrano peppers, potatoes, radishes, poblano peppers, lettuce, onions, Habanero peppers, and blooming pumpkin vines hanging from multiple trellises. For most of the summer, the temperatures were so hot, the goal was just keeping the plants from burning … Continue reading Daily Devotional for September 21, 2022 →

Years ago, Shannon saw a registered black and white Paint horse, with a beautiful white flowing main, and sky-blue eyes.  She was one of the most beautiful creatures God has ever made.  Her name was Shiloh.  She was for sale. When we got to the ranch to see Shiloh, I did not have a good feeling. This beautiful … Continue reading Daily Devotional September 20, 2022 →

At 6:20 yesterday morning, I got a text from Cindy Goodfellow.  It showed an emoji of praying hands and another hand with a finger pointed towards the heavens.  She wrote: “You will need it this morning.” Usually, I don’t get threatening text messages from members of our church but yesterday was special. Our church has one children’s … Continue reading Daily Devotional September 19, 2022 →

Rerun of Daily Devotional September 11, 2017Shannon and I are currently transitioning our herd from Brangus and Herefords to Brahman and Tigerstripes.   This makes sense because I have a Brahman bull.Friday, I took a trailer full of cows to the sale and was supposed to buy anything that fit our program.  The problem was Shannon couldn’t go, … Continue reading Daily Devotional for September 15, 2022 →

Tara is the director for our Mother’s Day Out program.  She is wonderful.  Because of Tara and her teachers, our MDO program is a huge success. Now that the new school year has started, many of the children in the MDO program come to visit me when their parents pick them up at the end of the day.  That’s … Continue reading Daily Devotional for September 14, 2022 →

This past Sunday, we had a brass ensemble from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor play in both traditional services.  They truly blessed our church.  And the blessing they got in return was to hear my sermon, twice. As I preached the greatest sermon in the history of sermons, I told the greatest joke in the history of … Continue reading Daily Devotional for September 13, 2022 →

Rerun of Daily Devotional September 12, 2016 Benny is a football coach for Troy ISD.  This past week, his son got hurt in his first football game.  As they were waiting to see the doctor, Benny had too much time on his hands.  This is what his wife sent me. “This is from my husband the coach!  He said … Continue reading Daily Devotional September 12, 2022 →

Every Sunday morning as I stand in front of the congregation, I take attendance in my head.  It’s easy to do because our members have come to believe if they sit in a different pew, they will spontaneously explode. This means, after all these years, when I see an empty seat, I know who to track down.  And … Continue reading Daily Devotional for September 8, 2022 →

This past weekend, the news media out of Las Vegas reported a woman had eaten at the Chili’s restaurant in the Harry Reid International Airport and left without paying her bill. The Las Vegas Metro police found her in the baggage claim area.  As she became belligerent with the officers, they arrested her.  She said the only reason … Continue reading Daily Devotional for September 7, 2022 →

Yesterday was Labor Day, so I labored. I spent from 8:30 AM until 6:30 PM, transporting 80 round bales of hay from a field we lease from Wade and Linda, back to our place, where it was dumped and then stacked in the fenced hay enclosure.  It took two tractors, one heavy duty truck, a hay … Continue reading Daily Devotional September 6, 2022 →