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Take a moment to be encouraged, challenged and inspired.

OTC or OTE?

If I ever qualified as a golfer, then what I am now is a former golfer.  When people ask me why I quit, I tell them that golf costs too much money and takes too much time to feel that bad when I finish.  Nevertheless, there is a great gift that being a former golfer has given me. 

Who Is My Neighbor?

It may just rank as the most unusual thing I have ever witnessed.  If not, it gives whatever ranks number one a serious run for its money.  I observed it Memorial Weekend Sunday as I drove to church.  Lynne was out of town for the holiday weekend, so I was alone in the car.

Everybody Has One

Everybody has one. For some, theirs is already developed to the point it’s etched in stone. For others, theirs is a work in progress – at worst, a loosely gathered group of thoughts, and at best just needing some refinement. 

Author & Pastor Jerry Long

Author & Pastor Jerry Long

Jerry Long is a semi-retired minister living in metro Greenville, SC.  He holds degrees from Clemson University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.  Purchase Ponderings of a Pastor, a collection of these inspirational thoughts, from Amazon

Jerry may be reached at [email protected].