Take it to the Streets – 5

“Take it to the streets” as clumsy as the phrase is, serves as a mental reminder that we are to take the church to the community. This December, God has given us an opportunity to do just that. Here is what’s happening. 1. Our Christmas program this year will not be performed at Farmington Baptist […]

I’ve lost it

Make no mistake I have lost , and now I don’t know where to find . I have used many times, and sometimes when writing I used too many times. Now is gone. I cannot see . I cannot write . I cannot return . There is no erasing because is not here. So here’s […]

Dark

These are truly dark times… but that is how it has always been. The fact that things are geting worse is not new. We look back and remember better days. The ones before us look back and see days that were better before our time. The ones before the ones before us had the same […]

Focus

What we focus on is often what controls us. If its the mess in the house… until it is clean… it gets our attention. If it is the beer we want after work, nothing matters until we have it. If it is the TV program we must watch, everything stops so we can watch it […]

Real and Relevant

Its real and relevant… it always has been. In every age its ability to speak to what was happening in that era, is nothing short of amazing… …nothing short of divine. After all, it is the Divine that wrote it. Using people of course. People who were given the words to write…. words from the […]

Peace

I have a peace lily in my office… it is real. I’ve had it since my brother in law – Dean Varner – past away a few years ago. It’s a great plant. However, from time to time, when the leaves develop brown and yellow spots, I prune it… cut it…. to get rid of […]