Episode Archives

My day …

Pic0027"Your six o’clock flight has been canceled. You need to call immediately to reschedule." Mark received word from his wife last night. We would need to call and see what arrangements we could make to get back to Oklahoma from Virginia. We were about to head our to our … Continue reading

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Why Lent? … from my recent newsletter article …

Over the past five or six years we (many in our congregation) have observed the Season of Lent. Often I am asked why in a Baptist Church, and in particular a Southern Baptist Church. This is not a highly polemical piece. It is an attempt to see the Season … Continue reading

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Starbury and the Midpoint of the Season …

Starbury_2Yesterday’s edition of the USA Today offered an update on Stephon Marbury’s shoe project.

Not only did the New York Nicks guard lace up his signature sneaker, the Starbury One, which sells for $14.98, in the first 48 games he played, he debuted his latest pair – the

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Because … What memories this piece resurrected …

On the way home from a funeral today Nathan and I stopped for lunch. Today’s USA Today sat nearby. I picked it up and found Craig Wilson’s piece, The Final Word uproarious if for nothing else the memories flooding my mind. How about this for a teaser,

Even I

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