The Definition of Love is Time! “I got shoes; you got shoes; all God’s chillum got shoes When we get to heaven, gonna put on our shoes, And shout all over God’s heav’n!” I believe it was Dr. Miles Mark Fisher who suggested that the lyrics to the “Negro” spiritual above were likely crafted by …
February 15, 2024 The Definition of Love is Time! Read More »
Whine or Dine? As my wife, Betty, and I were reading Scriptures together yesterday as we do every day, I was reminded of a message I wrote awhile back about bread. I pray that it blesses you today! “Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for …
February 1, 2024 First, Sharpen Your Axe! I had to spend some time sharpening my axe before I wrote this word. If you read it through, I believe it will bless you! Sharp axes are effective but watch how you swing them! “If the axe is dull, and one does not sharpen the …
January 25, 2024 Fight For Your Family! Fight for Your Family! “Fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives, and your homes” (Neh. 4:14 NIV). Battle Ground Battle Ground is the title of a 2020 novel by American novelist Jim Butcher. It is centered around a protagonist who fights against the efforts of an antagonist who is …
The Right Values Please know this. YOU are important to me! “There is a destiny that makes us brothers. None goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.” Those words from the classic poem, “A Creed,” by Edwin Markham profoundly impacted the trajectory of my life. “Do nothing out …
March 6, 2023 Understand This! Wearing my little white shirt and black bowtie, I fixed my eyes on the slender gentleman with a slowly receding hairline standing behind the small table in the front of the room on a bright spring Sunday morning in the 1960s. With his hands, he motioned for the congregation to …
January 11, 2024 The Right Spirit Tomorrow, God willing, I will begin another solar revolution. Although my actual birthday is January 12th, this is a landmark birthday which I hope to celebrate with family and friends later in the spring when the weather is warm and more predictable. Perhaps, because I have attended so many …
December 28, 2023, Mrs. Willa C: Consumed with Passion! “Passion for God’s house will consume me” (John 2:17 NLT) Each day at noon sharp, when I was a child in Enfield, N. C., the time was signaled by the blaring sound of an air raid siren as heard in this link: Air Raid Siren Sound …
December 21, 2023 Live To Give! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!! And may each of us be a true reflection of our Father! Our little eyes were literally all aglow as Mrs. Welch, our first-grade teacher, read The Night Before Christmas to us after we returned from lunch in the multipurpose room at Andrew Jackson E. S. …
Giving, Sharing, and Loving A song that captures the true meaning of this season, Christmas, for me in a simple but salient manner is Pastor Shirley Caesar’s “Giving and Sharing.” “Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2 NLT). Giving, Sharing, and Loving Giving and sharing at …