[In case you missed Part 1, you can go HERE. Below is where my brain was going with that portion of this post…] Of late, I’ve read where bloggers are a bit disconnected from the reality of “facts”. Bloggers really shouldn’t be writing about the things on their minds or challenging anyone for almost anything–especially if their opinion differs […]
Bloggers, Journalists, and Other Verbose Writers (Part 1)
So, according to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, a journalist “is a : a person engaged in journalism; especially : a writer or editor for a news medium b : a writer who aims at a mass audience.” So, what exactly is a journalist, friends? Help me out. You see, I don’t really consider myself a journalist. […]
URGENT, a book review by Hariette Petersen
Profoundly moving. From the first sentence to the last, “URGENT” gripped my heart and mind. It penetrated my spirit and touched my soul. With heartbreaking clarity and honesty, author, Joe Donahue, shares the emotional, physical, and sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his father. “Urgent” is an accounting. Donahue gives an account of the sin of his father, and how those […]
More Than His Robe
Hundreds of years. Long before Jesus was born of a virgin in a lowly manger stall in the city of Bethlehem, the psalmist pens a prophetic song sharing details of the Messiah’s death. “All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.” […]
GUEST POST: Young-Preachers- Finding a Place to Preach
[First posted by David Brumbelow, at Gulfcoast Pastor] When I attended college, I was surprised to meet young preachers who had never preached. They had felt God’s call to preach. They had surrendered their lives to the ministry. They were being educated to follow that call. Yet they had never had the opportunity to preach. […]
Blogging, Networking, and Purpose
I sat at my computer today and cringed. In light of the recent (uh, hmmmn), blog competition in which I failed, I was forced to wonder about my writing. Not because I did not make it to the next round of competition. No. Actually, I received a record collection of votes for a little old grandma from the plains […]
What Must We Do To Be Relevant
With all the problems in the world, we often question who to help and how to help them. We worry about giving and having our hard-earned money being mis-spent. As a child I learned that the money Baptists give to missions is one of the best ways to give and be assured the assistance we give makes all […]
PRIORITY ON PRAYER AND PROCLAMATION
Ever been reading your Bible and a phone rings, a baby cries, a doorbell chimes? Ever find your prayer time interrupted by similar things? Ever plan to do a particular ministry and find yourself bombarded with demands of equal or more pressing priority? Ever start to share Jesus with someone and chaos rips into the […]
Working Things Out For Good
Yesterday Haylee, six, asked to make some sugar cookies. Being the doting grama that I am, I waddled out to the kitchen to find a recipe. Haylee pulled up a stool to the counter. Soon Kinsey, four, decided to “help” make cookies, too, and dragged a stool of her own to the counter. They were […]
MY SHEEP WILL HEAR MY VOICE
“I had a neat story that happened today,” my friend wrote in her email. First of all, it is not uncommon for my friend to have a story to tell me. Something is always happening in her life. I think it goes along with a person who yearns to walk in a very real way […]
Bill O’Reilly Feeds Bill Maher Stale Bread
I’m wondering did anyone catch the No-Spin-Zone last night? Am I the only one who thinks somebody needs to call Bill O’Reilly, invite him to lunch, and explain some Bible facts to him? Last night’s episode of the “Bold-Fresh” Factor-Man feeding biblical advice to Bill Maher, fell short of a few loaves and fishes. Someone…puleeze, […]
AN IRAQI MEET AND GREET
A member of our Sunday School class asked if any of we ladies would be interested in visiting with an Iraqi lady for an hour or so a week to teach her conversational English. The class-member is a soldier and knows her husband from Iraq (he’d been his interpreter there). Now he is here furthering […]