The Things I Asked For: The Things I Received

When I was in high school I came across an article in Guideposts magazine about Max Cleland. He was President Carter’s VA chief, and he was a wounded veteran (missing two legs and an arm). Mr. Cleland saw this poem, attributed to a Confederate soldier, and so he...

Forgiveness

It’s the Christmas season, and I would like to focus on just one word: forgiveness. The purpose of Jesus’ mission to earth was to redeem for Himself a people who would be free to serve Him. Through His sacrificial death and resurrection forgiveness would...

I Love Savannah

OK, so this blog is just a shameless promotion about my hometown of Savannah Georgia. Last month I went down there for a Young Life reunion (Young Life is a Christian organization for high school kids; I was a student and then a leader for a number of years). Some of...

100 Years Ago, World War 1 Ended

On November 11, 2018 the world will celebrate the end of World War 1. It began in the summer of 1914 when a Serbian terrorist shot and murdered Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Within a month,the powerhouses of Britain, France, Russia, and Germany were...

Make Your House of Worship Secure

Yet another massacre. Yet another lunatic has invaded a house of worship (a synagogue in Pittsburgh) and mercilessly murdered 11 people, wounding several others (including four police officers). Has your church or synagogue taken precautions to make your place of...