Since this is Labor Day, I thought I’d include this dialog from the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” Delmar O’Donnell: You work for the railroad, Grampa?Blind Seer: I work for no man.Delmar O’Donnell: Got a name, do you?Blind Seer: I have no name.Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, that right there may be the reason you’ve […]
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Posted inFellowship
Let Me See Your Face
My wife and I have three small Amazon Alexa (Echo Dot®) devices. Since my office is separate from our home, using it like an intercom is handy. When she wants to tell me something or ask a question, my wife says, “Alexa, drop in on Office Dot,” and “Bob’s your uncle!” we’re having a quick […]
Posted inChurch, Hospitality
Walking in Faith, Hope, and Love
This post is a follow-up to my last post, “Firm in the Faith.” We live in a world where wickedness confronts us often and unexpectedly. We all have learned that media, in general, and entertainment, specifically, is in lockstep in its effort to normalize wickedness and demonize objective truth – objective truth is the opposite […]
Posted inChurch, Confess, Foregiveness, Mercy
Did I Tell You, You Have a Great Body?
I hope the title got your attention. I mean every word of it! To understand why I think you have a great body let’s take a look at God’s Word. 17 And though we are many, we all eat from one loaf of bread, showing that we are one body. 18 Think about the people […]
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Changes in Local Churches
Let me just say, right up front, that you may strongly disagree with my perspective. That’s healthy. I just want to get this topic out in the open. There is a specific change to our local churches that I’ve observed during the past twenty years. This change concerns me because some church leaders have added […]