Jan 31 2008
Today is Dec. 17, 2008. There is no need to adjust your watch or change your calendar. I know it is only February, but, today, we are going to look back over the year 2008. We are going to examine all of the things that we accomplished and all those things that we left undone.
Jan 30 2008
It is a pretty summer day as you are taking a drive, listening to some uplifting music and all of a sudden you see them flashing blue lights in your rear view mirror. You pull over, come to a complete stop and your heart is racing. There just isn’t anything more frightening than that, is there?
Jan 29 2008
After a speaking engagement in Destin, Fla. recently, a woman approached me and asked a question no one has ever asked me. She said, “Who are your prayer intercessors?” I really did not know how to answer her. She persisted by saying, “What church?”
Jan 28 2008
Have you ever been in a library and had people ask you to hush because you started making a little too much noise? Sometimes it is difficult being quiet in a library when you see all the books, magazines, videos, posters and computers available.
Jan 27 2008
Some of the languages of this world are “beautifully” challenging, to say the least. In my travels around the world, I have picked up phrases from a variety of languages. Even though my Vietnamese is dreadful, I believe I can remember Chuc Mung Nam Moi, Happy New Year.
Jan 26 2008
Ah, the lights, the sounds and the smells of Christmas! This year, part of my Christmas will be spent in the country of Qatar visiting my wife, Dr. Mickie Mathes, who is a Fulbright Scholar teaching at the University of Qatar in the capital city of Doha. My wife is surrounded by precious people of all faiths.
Jan 25 2008
As the beginning of this new year unfolds, there are two things that I would like to tell you. First, happy New Year!
Jan 24 2008
You are walking down the aisle in a grocery store, you turn the corner and all of a sudden you hear this loud scream. You then discover where the ear-piercing noise is coming from—a young child pitching a fit because he wants a candy bar and his mother refuses. What is your first thought? Gosh, that child is out of control.
Jan 23 2008
Most folks are not crazy about having to pay their bills and I am no different. What I do enjoy is writing checks and playing on PayPal as a means of blessing others. It is that time of the year when I sit down, take a checkbook and review all the ministries that I love and pray for and I send them a gift.
Jan 22 2008
I have a group of friends who hate to be alone. These folks just cannot stand to be by themselves so they substitute activity for intimacy. If you dug a little deeper into their lives you would discover that all of them have things in their past that continue to haunt them.