I called SouthEast Telephone this afternoon to get a transfer of service for Helping Hands, our benevolence organization, and wound up talking to Katy. She said she...
I am on the board of the local benevolence organization called Helping Hands. This morning I called the store manager, and she told me a funny story about a recent...
Lord, Thank you for originating the Communion Service by breaking the bread and offering the cup together with the admonition to "Do this in remembrance of...
We look out our windows and admire the beautiful mountains surrounding us. Some of our people even express the feeling that the mountains protect us. But it...
Only about three weeks remain before the people in Pike County will have the opportunity to participate in the March and Rally against Drug Abuse. I want to do everything...
I found this in a Sojourners newsletter: The gospel according to duct tape In Finland, they refer to duct tape as "Jesus Tape." That's according to "Tim, the Duct Tape Guy,"...
Here are a couple of recent prayers at our Table by elders of the church: Gracious God, We thank you that you work with those who love your for the good of all creation. ...
Recently, I received a phone call from a representative of the Artists Collaborative Theatre asking me to participate in a talk-back session after the play entitled Flatboat on...
My 27-year-old son in Arkansas doesn't email me much, but when he does, as he did this week, he includes the following graphic at the end of his email. It is SO HIM....
Country songs have a way of sticking in my mind in spite of the fact that I usually don’t like country music. I probably don't hear five country songs a year on the...
Four years ago another Kentucky pastor, Jim McLean from Glasgow, and I started a church camp which focuses on learning to sail. Each summer, we go to our denomination's...
Sailing Camp Prayer by Rev. Jim McLean Every road you have ever taken, and All the corners you have taken, Have brought you to this time and place. Every lesson learned,...
I thought I knew a little about computers until my son announced that he was building a new computer. I am rather proud that I have a long history of working with...
Two young people from our church wrote me letters recently about their respective mission trips. I thought I would share a couple of insight comments they made. The first...
Tomorrow I am off to Sailing Camp and a visit to see my son and my parents. So I will be away ten days or so. Sailing Camp is a church camp that takes place on Kentucky...
There's an old song that says, "Summertime and the living is easy." But it never seems to be that way for me. I always look forward to the lazy days of summer as...
Some people see things most of us don't see. I remember a girl, who was on an email list with me once, who said she saw numbers as colors. She said, "Zero is usually...
Over the weekend, Janet Jackson received an award for her activism related to AIDS. Her acceptance speech was worthy of a preacher: "What I've learned in these recent...
This is Shane McCoy's 2004 R-1 after it was REALLY souped up! As I have mentioned before in this spot, I am the informal chaplain for McCoy Motorsports. I go by...
The Men's Breakfast on Wednesday morning is always a good source of stories. Today the stories revolved around going to the movie. First, Gene recalled catching the train...
There has been a lot of publicity about the drug problem in Eastern Kentucky. Everybody knows it's true. Not long ago I was talking with a journalist from the Lexington...
At Mainstream Baptist, I found the link to a quiz that can show which theologian your beliefs are closest to. I tried it and came up with Charles Finney. Here's...
Back in my seminary days, I took several pastoral care courses where I learned some of the techniques for counseling church members. We studied the classic psychologists...
My college-aged son has a summer job here in Pikeville. That's not particularly big news, but I began wondering just how it came to be, and decided that it was a story...
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