It was there all the time. I just didn’t see it, even though I looked and looked. BBQ sauce. I know – not a big deal; but I love BBQ sauce. For a least a month (maybe a little longer), there have been several times when I wanted BBQ sauce for a sandwich or some meat…
I’ve never been known for having a “green thumb.” I can cut grass, edge, and knock weeds down, but my wife is the one with the gardening talent. However, I can tell when a plant needs water, and a couple of mornings ago I noticed that the plants by the front doors of the church were…
It begins like this: “When in the Course of human events….” Those are the opening words of the Declaration of Independence, dated July 4, 1776. As I took some time this morning to read the Declaration, I kept coming back to that first line and that phrase “the course of human events.” The colonies faced…
I guess it hit me harder because of where I had just spent the last few days. Tina and I got home from Tennessee last night after taking care of our 1-year-old granddaughter while her dad and mom took an anniversary trip (we had a great time!), and I took a few minutes to catch up…
Well, another Vacation Bible School is in the books. The scenery is disassembled, the posters are down, the classrooms are back to normal arrangements, and our normal service schedule resumes this Sunday. It’s over. But is it? Is it really over? I don’t think so. You see, this past Sunday through Thursday our VBS volunteers invested their time and energy…
Monday is Memorial Day. A time to look back. A time to remember. A time to honor those who have given what Abraham Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion.” At this time of year, I enjoy researching and reading accounts of American patriots and their words expressing their thoughts on freedom and this…
Mother’s Day is this weekend, and I have a problem. No, I have the cards bought and the gifts figured out. Meals taken care of? Yes; well, at least as best I can right now. Mother’s Day message for Sunday morning? Done. And printed. All is ready to go, except for one thing: this note. …
Right there in my driveway. You couldn’t miss it. Unmistakable. Undeniable. Zaxby’s. My daughter, who works as a marketing director for a Zaxby’s licensee group, was home last weekend, and she came directly from a trip to a meeting representing her group in Charleston, SC. The meeting required that she drive the group’s small catering van…
It was a common phrase, used often as a greeting. They’d heard it many, many times before, probably their whole lives. But this time… well, it meant something. There was nothing common about it on that night, because there was nothing common about their situation. Some felt the cause was lost. Others felt uncertainty about…
15. That’s the number we were looking for. The speckled trout we were pulling in the boat last week on our annual men’s fishing trip had to be 15 inches long to be legal. And most of them were coming up short. 14 inches. 14 1/2 inches. 14 3/4 inches. And then there were those…