Kevin Garrett

…with a Little Help from My Friends

“We all need mentors, leaders, and others to help us grow . . .None of us are perfect.”

Perfection

A man became envious of his friends because they had larger and more luxurious homes. So, he listed his house with a real estate firm, planning to sell it and to purchase a more impressive home. Shortly afterward, as he was reading the classified section of the newspaper, he saw an ad for a houseContinue reading “Perfection”

Slow Down this Year?

My bride and I enjoyed a few days of rest before and after New Year’s Day. I sincerely enjoyed it. Being able to recharge was a refreshing luxury in our lives. I thought, “This is nice! We should be more intentional to take time for rest and relaxation.” This week I am back in myContinue reading “Slow Down this Year?”

What Child is This?

People today still ask, “Who is Jesus?”

Husbands, Love Your Wives

In my Sunday school class, I’ve been teaching the differences between the theological constructs of complementarianism and egalitarianism. (Yeah, come to my class…I may bore you to death.) To summarize it simplistically, the first teaches men and women are of equal value but have differing functions which complement one another, while the other teaches menContinue reading “Husbands, Love Your Wives”

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

Hope can be defined as a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. We all need hope. At the end of the Old Testament, in the book of Malachi, God’s people looked, with hope, toward the coming Messiah. There was no word from God for 400 years. “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”Continue reading “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”

A Surprise Blessing!

My bride and I recently spent a week on vacation with our youngest son, his bride, and our two grandchildren. We had planned to take the grandkids to Walt Disney World since we first welcomed them into our lives in 2020, but between legalities and COVID, it was not feasible until after their adoption thisContinue reading “A Surprise Blessing!”

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gratitude is good for you. My friend Lynn Pryor, (check out his blog at www.lynnpryor.com), writes that studies are showing a variety of health benefits tied to gratitude: better sleep; better regulation of stress; better regulation of hormones; decreased depression and anxiety; improved relationships; reduced physical pains. It is estimated that humans take approximately 23,000 breathsContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”

Practicing Gratitude

Emerson said that if the stars came out only once a year, everybody would stay up all night to behold them. We have seen the stars so often that we don’t bother to look at them anymore. We have grown accustomed to our blessings. The Israelites in the wilderness got accustomed to their blessings, andContinue reading “Practicing Gratitude”

This is Surreal

One of my prayers over the past few years was to be in a healthy church. This became motivation to answer the call to return to seminary. That decision led to the desire growing from just being in a healthy church to desiring to “be in a healthy church and help other churches become healthy.”Continue reading “This is Surreal”