One a hot muggy August afternoon in Myrtle, Mississippi a young couple stood before God and their friends and families to make promises of love. The sanctuary was filled. The windows were open so a hot breeze could stir the air while funeral home fans provided some relief. Tears creased the faces of the mothers [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 21, 2008
Blood in the Dust
The decisive moments of history find their origin and daring in the hearts of men and women who stand willing to make command decisions. Leadership demands vision, courage, and decisiveness. Leadership can in times of peril cost your life. Over the July 4th holiday during a patriotic service this quote capture my heart and my [...]
July 14, 2008
Broad Brush
Too often we find it too easy to criticism and condemn others with a “broad brush”. Much like a house painter with a roller on a long stick, we paint our “enemies” from a distance coloring them with our “expert” judgments of their actions. Once again the dark side of Baptist life has come to [...]
July 10, 2008
I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life
Oprah Winfrey introduced a new spiritual teacher into the mainstream of American life when she placed Eckhart Tolle’s book A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose on her book list. Tolle was born in Germany and educated in England at the Universities of London and Cambridge. He lived most of his life in [...]
July 8, 2008
A Star is Born
In the 1960’s American Artist Andy Warhol was credited with the statement that everyone will have their “fifteen minutes of fame”. The stopwatch on my “fifteen minutes” starting ticking on Sunday evening July 6th when I stepped on the stage of the Palo Duro Amphitheatre before a crowd of 1500 people to make my acting [...]
