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When I was a young boy my mother and grandmother attended a very small country church. It was a cobbled together affair of white painted clapboard siding and not much else. There was no carpet on the floor, just pine boards painted with gray porch paint. There was no air-conditioning just cardboard hand fans whichContinue reading “Prayer”

One day my mother packed me into the car and headed across town. There was nothing unusual about this in itself as we were  commonly making a trip to the grocery store or to my dad’s service station for some cause or another. Only, this time she drove to a small brick low standing buildingContinue reading “Trust”

Reverend Hatfield was a large man. I came to know him when he started buying from my dad’s store.. He wasn’t one of the most scholarly ministers I have met. But, what he lacked in knowledge he made up for in volume. Reverend Hatfield was a likable fellow except when he was in the pulpit.Continue reading “Reverend Hatfield”

John 10 1 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheepContinue reading “Churches”

I love to present my teachings to you in stories and parables. Usually that is what I do but today I will instead give you one of Yeshua’s parables to think on. The 13th chapter of Matthew is in my opinion one of the most important and yet unappreciated chapters in the gospels. Yet, thereContinue reading “The Treasure”

      When I was a young man attending Bible college I came to be friends with another young man who was also attending the same school. Let’s call him Jackson. Jackson had recently been discharged from the military and had decided to use some of his education money to attend. He said thatContinue reading “Faith”

Tonight I received an email from a dear friend. He has been my friend since before any of my current troubles started. In the email he expressed his concern for me and his desire that I might start enjoying life again. Hearing from him encouraged me. But, it made me start to think about enjoyingContinue reading “23rd. Psalm”

When I was a very young man I worked for a small local fuel delivery service. I drove a tank truck and carried fuel oil and kerosene to peoples homes and diesel fuel to farms. Let’s call the owners Mr. and Mrs. Tinley. They had bought the business probably twenty years or more earlier andContinue reading “Truth”

If you read my last post called forgiveness you probably already know where this is going. As anticipated my wife and I are in the process of divorcing. I wish it wasn’t so but, it is. We went to marriage counseling but somehow we couldn’t seem to find common ground on which to rebuild. SometimesContinue reading “Enough”

“The one who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne”. Revelation 3:21 It has been a while since I wrote to you. My life has taken an unforeseen detour that has caused me to have to stopContinue reading “Forgiveness”