Opinion

I don’t mean to brag or anything. I mean, really, I’m just a guy. I put my pants on one leg at a time. In many ways, I’m human—just like you.

The Blonde and I had coffee last Saturday with another pastor and his wife. They were sharing with us how their church supports a group that takes Bibles into Iraq and shares the Gospel with the Iraqi people.

I was angry, frustrated and successfully taking one step forward and five steps back. Add to all that I was tired.

I’m writing this on Wednesday night and I have been praying for the Women’s Bible Study that meets tonight. I am praying that information would become transformation.

We’re getting ready for a family trip to the beach. The fact that all my adult children could get off work and join us on this trip is proof that miracles still happen.

Are you a sender or a receiver? Are you a listener or talker? You realize, of course, that talking and sharing information is more than just listening to your head rattle as you spew forth a mountain of words that have no relevance.

Summer is about to drop. A lot of churches shut down during the summer which is the opposite of what we saw back in the day.

I’ve been teaching out of I Timothy on Sunday morning and last Sunday we bumped into the Apostle Paul’s words concerning prayer to this youngish pastor named Timothy who was stuck in Ephesus. Listen to what the Apostle said in chapter 2 verse 1, “First of all, then I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all people.” That’s a fancy way to say, “Timothy, prayer must be a priority.