People like Us

by | May 21, 2009 | Pastors Blog

I wrote this column for Pentecost in 2009.  Pentecost is the day each year we remember when believers in Jesus were given God’s Spirit.  With more computing power in our smartphones than was used during the Apollo missions, we probably don’t miss the...

Poppa’s Prayers

by | Apr 21, 2009 | Pastors Blog

I wrote this for Easter 2009.  It got the most responses of all the columns I’ve written.  And the response I remember most was the woman who said “Now you go and let Poppa pray for you.”  Which I did. (Pictured is Poppa’s easy chair).   My step-father is...

My first newspaper column: February 2009

by | Feb 14, 2009 | Pastors Blog

I had only been pastor at Rolling Hills Baptist Church for a few years when a local newspaper reporter came by to do a story on our annual candlelight service for grieving parents.  She picked up a copy of our newsletter from our Welcome Desk and a few weeks later...