Sometimes I think Sunday is the only day of the week. It seems like so much happens on Sunday that it is enough for the whole week. Worship went well in spite of low...
Here is an article from the Wall Street Journal that makes abundant good sense: The 60% Solution Worried about the ACLU? Display only the commandments Jesus taught us. BY GREGG...
As I think about local pastors, I think they all share certain things in common. But I also think there is a big difference between what I call "indigenous pastors" and...
My brother-in-law, Jim Goforth, spent several years as a Southern Baptist associational missionary in the rural part of New York. Part of his job was to help churches find...
Lately, I can't get an old joke off my mind. It's because we really do have a lady in our church named Helen Brown. The joke goes like this: A minister was greeting...
We don't get a lot of visitors in our services. When we do, it's a pretty exciting day for this pastor. I often try to visit them the day them visit, which is what I...
I am sure that I am now fodder for sermon material for a United Baptist pastor from a nearby town. He called me earlier in the week, and left a message. I called...
The best part of the Kentucky Ministers Retreat at Bardstown was simply being in a room full of fellow CCK ministers. This is the first time in six years that I have known...
Recently, I asked a few pastors how they wanted to be treated by their congregations, and the conversation took off like a rocket! Some said they didn't even start off on...
When I was pastor of a church in another city, one of my church members loved to tease me about my job. One day he said, "Man, you have a great job because you only have...
Today it seems that it will never be warm again. I am tired of winter and we have at least a month to go. The good thing about winter is that it gives me a good...
The United Church of Christ made this wonderful response to James Dobson's accusation that SpongeBob SquarePants is gay: SpongeBob receives 'unequivocal welcome'...
The funniest story about an Appalachian accent was one I heard from a 16 year old girl from Phelps. She went to a summer camp with kids from all over the country. Of...
I think this advertisement speaks for itself! Jenny Wiley Theatre and the Mountain Arts Center Proudly present MASKING THE APPALACHIAN DIALECT A Course in Accent...
I first heard the story told using coconuts, but it is often told using bottles. Either way, it is supposed to be the ideal way to capture monkeys in the wild without...
A friend emailed me this from the Christian Century: "The leader of the Western world stands before his compatriots and outlines a list of atrocities allegedly committed by a...
I am excited because we have snow. It's not that I like snow; I don't particulary. Although this has been one of the most beautiful snows ever. The wet snow...
Spammers! I hate 'em! Well, I have deleted the tag board from my weblog because I was getting spam attacks every day advertising on-line poker and such. What a...
My friend, Troy, overheard two employees at Wal-Mart in this conversation. "Are you busy?" "I'm working harder than a borrowed mule!" Troy shared that jewel at our Men's...
I have read a lot about Tony and Peggy Campolo's differing positions on gays. Here is an article about their presentation at a church recently. And here are some good...
I have often heard the saying that "the music department is the war department in the church." And in my experience, that is often the case. It is the war...
Here is a wonderful Pikeville story as told in a January 9 sermon by Pastor Gary Smith in the First Christian Church, San Marcos, Texas: Dallas Layne is seventy-two years...
Well, I did another funeral today. It was for a lady I had never met. A 38 year old lady passed away without apparent cause. She left two teenagers who were...
I am writing the final chapter of our church's history from 1983 to the present. That's a long story, but here is a clip from the church minutes of October, 1993:...
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