WE SEEK TO BE A LOVING COMMUNITY

The title for this blog post is a bit weird and maybe needs a bit of explanation.  I heard this phrase in an episode of the TV show Fringe.  One of the futuristic people called “Observers” were speaking about how the “normal” humans would see situations and not only not have a clue to what

The other day last week I was going through my daily routine of reading the headlines from my Google news app and ran across an article that really caught my attention.  It was entitled, “People Who Adopt This Powerful 3-Word Habit Have Very High Emotional Intelligence”.  I thought to myself, “I want to have very

I celebrated a birthday last week and I can honestly say it was one of the best days I have had in a really long time.  What’s weird about that is that I was a little bummed out when my birthday fell on a Sunday.  I figured that since Sundays are kind of busy for

We are grateful to wake up this morning to the sun shining after a day and evening of stormy weather.  I don’t know how many times the tornado warning siren sounded last evening but it was several.  Camille and I hunkered-down outside on our patio as we enjoyed the rain and watched the clouds.  We

Camille and I got back home from a brief trip to New Orleans.  It is always good to get away for a bit but great to be back home!  We had a great time enjoying some very delicious food, strolling along the Mississippi River, as well as going to the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. 

Wow!  What a year it has been!  Camille and I started our 2nd year of living in Mississippi this week and as you might expect, it has been a moment when we have looked back over the past 12 months to reflect.  Not only did the time fly rather quickly but it was in many

One of the life lessons I saw in vivid display throughout my life was one I learned from my dad.  He was always quick to point out, just as his father had pointed out to him, that a person needs to be content and part of finding that wonderful place of contentment is by answering

One of the dreams of actors is to be cast in a role where their portrayal of their character is unique, even iconic.  One of nightmares of actors is to be so well known for a particular role that they become what is referred to as typecast.  They were so good at that one role

Last night at the Discipleship Training Course I asked the participants to think about and identify 3 people who, whether they wanted them to or not, were following them.  I was reading through the responses this morning and found them interesting.  The first thing I noticed is that people found it fairly easy to identify

People around the Itawamba Christian Church have heard me mention an idea we each are being asked to consider for 2021.  The idea is:  “Take the Next Step!”  This idea is born from the Scriptures which tells Christians that the essence of being a Christ-follower is to follow Jesus.  It encourages each of us to