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”
Category Archives: Healthy People
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”
A Trip to the Billy Graham Library
“I consider it somewhat life-changing. I’m not over it yet…and I hope not to be.”
Blessed
Some weeks feel blessed more than others. I can honestly say that my bride and I have felt blessed beyond measure for weeks on end. If you follow this blog, you may already have read the article entitled, “Adoption.” The week our son and daughter-in-love adopted our two grandchildren was a blessed week. A weekContinue reading “Blessed”
Finding Healthy Balance
(Returning to articles published from 2020-2022, this was written in late April of 2021.) Last Saturday, my wife and I made a trip to Birmingham to see our children, who live in North Alabama. We enjoyed the time we had with them, visiting, laughing, and catching up on the latest events in their lives.Continue reading “Finding Healthy Balance”
Adoption
(I’m breaking my review of 2020-2022 articles to celebrate!) Unless they have been hiding under a rock, my friends on social media know that my bride and I had a very special occasion recently. Not only did we have one, but our entire family also had one. Because of this, the result was that myContinue reading “Adoption”
Living in Community
(This was originally written around St. Patrick’s Day 2021. It is a continuation of unpublished articles between 2020 and 2022. I guess I write a lot about community!) St. Patrick – Who was He? A lot of fuss goes into a day we seem to hardly know about. We joke, wear green, and say sayingsContinue reading “Living in Community”
Image
(This continues the series of unposted articles from 2020-2022, which were first posted in The Atmore News.) As a pastor, it seems there is always something I am studying. I am either studying for a sermon, for teaching a class, for writing a publication, or simply to personally grow closer to the Lord. This typeContinue reading “Image”
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