Surprises abound. And they are good. I don’t know if you have been following the European Soccer Championship but I have. And if you had asked me, “Mike, who’s going to win?” I would have said, “Holland or Portugal. They will meet in the final and one of ‘em will take it.” Nope. They have [...]
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Thursdays for college students are “the new friday.” For me, as a pastor, thursdays are also my fridays. I try and get ahead, anticipate needs, do some of next week’s work today. There are at least two challenges in my work of ministry that may be similar to your work. One, you will accomplish many [...] Tonight is the last night of the Montreat Youth Conference. It has been a good week of prayer, reflection, playing ridiculous games and generally good times. I am reminded tonight of how we change over time as people of faith. When I waited tables in high school, a man I served said, “Son, you’ll change [...] Today is a day to avoid the theater or the colliseum. My Grandmother used to say, in her best New York accent (i think), “I said, Julie, Julie, ‘Don’t Go!!’” The Ides of March not only makes me think of Julius Ceasar (the Play more than the Man) but also that great song “Vehicle” by [...] I don’t know if you’ve ever wondered if the word ‘snow’ occurs in the bible. I have. I did, just now. I checked an online resource, Oremus Bible Browswer and searched under ‘snow.’ Tons of references show up, many mentioned leprosy or killing lions, none of which seem that postivie. One, however, grabbed my attention. [...] I drove down to Columbia on Thursday morning for a meeting of the Committee that talks about Covenant Point Camp. It doesn’t seem write to call this a ‘camp meeting’ without speaking in tongues or something, but it was a camp committee meeting I guess. I am glad to be a part of this committee [...] Thanks to Greg Marshall’s help and our terrific church’s website, I can post to a blog. ‘Blog’ is a word that has crept into our everyday language, if not into our dictionaries, and I admit I can’t precisely define it. But, as you may already know, blogs are like online-diaries that people want you to [...] |
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