It was a cool Sunday morning in October.  Mary and I made the drive over to Warrenton, Georgia, to attend homecoming services at First Baptist Church – a church that has been ministering to souls for 193 years.  Before the first Model T.  Before Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. …

In the summer of 2007, my daughter, Shirah, came home from Vacation Bible School with wide eyes and a questioning heart. “Daddy, have you ever seen an angel?  Do you believe there are angels?  Miss Debbie says there are angels that help us and protect us.  How come I’ve never…

The summer of 1985 in central Georgia was hot.  Steamy hot.  The air was so thick you had to pull the humidity back like curtains to catch a breath.  I had a summer job and was looking forward to putting some coin in my pocket.  Remuneration for my services would…

6:03 A.M.  I flipped the light on when I realized some fool had entered our home and was standing in our bathroom.  As I began to gain some early morning focus, I wasn’t sure who would be in our bathroom at this early hour looking at himself in the mirror. …

Some churches are huge brick buildings with steeples so high they split the morning clouds.  Some churches are small white wooden boxes on the sides of hilltops that have grass fields for parking lots.  Some churches are filled with stained glass windows and some churches still have the original thin…

Ninth grade.  UGH. Our last child just entered high school and stepped into that notorious rite of passage called ninth grade.  Freshman class.  Low man or woman on the totem pole in the social hierarchy of high school citizenship.  It’s the place where heads are popped with class rings and…

I have discovered the most powerful tool on the entire internet, and I would like to share it with all of you.  It’s simple, but yet so profound.  It’s a genius maneuver, but even the most simpleton in the land of virtual empowerment, arrogance and vitriol and can operate it. …

When my wife, Mary, and I had gotten married, we moved to Evans, Georgia, and the search was on for a church to attend.  Some friends had invited us to try the Sunday school class at Warren Baptist Church where they attended, so we showed up that morning in our…