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Inspirational Blog
Take a moment to be encouraged, challenged and inspired.
What Moves You?
On Saturday, October 3, 2015, immediately following the end of the Clemson-Notre Dame football game, college sports fans were treated to what quickly became one of the most entertaining post-game interviews of all times.
Are You Truly Free?
Whereas Independence Day for us is a day of celebration when fun, picnics, and fireworks are the order of the day, can you imagine the sobriety present in the room when the signers of the Declaration of Independence put their signatures on that document?
Buzzards and Church Buses
After graduating from seminary, my first church ministry position was Minister of Youth and College at First Baptist Church Monroe, LA. In 1979, during my second summer there, I experienced one of the most embarrassing and humbling experiences of all of my life.

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].