Grow!

Grow!

Someone asked me a very interesting question: “If God wants us all to be Christ-like why doesn’t He just MAKE us that way?” I answered the question with two questions of my own: “If God wants all of us to be adults, why aren’t we born...
NOT WHAT I THOUGHT

NOT WHAT I THOUGHT

When I was a young man, just 20 years of age, I was singing and playing my guitar at a youth camp just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. After one service, a camp counselor brought a young teenage girl to me who was crying profusely. The counselor said to the girl,...
SELF SABOTAGE

SELF SABOTAGE

I was playing doubles pickleball with a friend recently and she was having difficulty getting her serve into the opposing team’s court. Each time it was her turn to serve, she’d hit the ball out of bounds. This happened three times in a row. I encouraged her with the...
Archie and the Cat Poo

Archie and the Cat Poo

(THIS STORY IS FROM 10 YEARS AGO WHEN ARCHIE WAS STILL A PUPPY. I SURE DO MISS HIM!) I let my dog, Archie, sit in my lap for a couple of minutes yesterday. He hasn’t done that in months since he doesn’t really “fit” in my lap anymore now that he’s 9 months old. He was...
UPWARD

UPWARD

My son and I were walking on a concrete pathway along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. After hiking along the path for over a mile we decided to head back. But, on our way back, I noticed that we were now going “uphill.” When we began our hike, I...