The brackets have been set. It’s time for “March Madness” – that wonderful season of the year when college basketball dominates office and coffee shop discussions. It is a time for the thrill of victory as well as for the agony of defeat. Underdogs excel. Bracket busters abound. However, something else dominates the news. While…
It wasn’t that I wanted to feel like a child, again, but it sure was enjoyable for a few minutes. Last week, I had completed my six-month physical exam at my doctor’s office when he told me that lady who does his blood work was out that day, and I needed to go across the…
Some mornings I wake up feeling older than I actually am. Other mornings I wake up feeling younger. I’ve decided socks are for younger mornings. I mean if God wanted me to wear socks, He would have put my feet higher up toward my knees. I’ve also learned why old people insist on driving in the far-left lane. They can’t…
I don’t know how many churches I’ve been in. Surely the number is in the hundreds. Mostly, but not exclusively, Baptist. They have been large, medium, and small; red, yellow, black, and white; city, suburb, small town, and open country; alive, dying, and dead (with delayed funerals). In most, I have worshipped, at least at…
Last week’s “Monday Morning Manna” made a reference to listening to the radio in my childhood years. Several friends near my age group responded in various social media. It caused me to think about it a bit further. Those of us who grew up listening to the radio developed the ability to envision rather than…
A friend posted a second set of Ten Commandments that he had as a child – some of which related to watching TV. It prompted me to reflect as follows. In addition to TV commandments, our family each had two favorite programs on our Mitchell B&W round screen TV, and no one was allowed to…
Unless a movie is showing on American Airlines or in my hotel room, I might not even know it is in existence. Needless to say I am not a motion picture fan – unless of course, the film is about baseball, football or golf. So when I saw a review in my local newspaper of…
It has happened again, right here in Tarrant County, Texas, a place called by some the buckle of the Bible belt; home of one of the largest and most conservative theological seminaries in the world as well as other religious institutions that would rank as very conservative in comparison to most. Last weekend, a lone…
I completed another good year and I’m finally as old as the old people I used to think were old. I read that 60 was the new 50 and 70 was the new 60, but 80 is 80. I understand. Age is interesting. I’ve never been a big fan of Dr. Seuss, but I like the following: “How did…
Since the emergence of COVID, I have preached in dozens of churches, and served as interim pastor of two. Sunday after Sunday I have seen partially filled worship centers and heard church leadership explain how many they had “prior to COVID.” Attendance seems to be down everywhere. In an attempt to serve their congregations, churches have…