Death and Christmas

by | Dec 2, 2018 | Inspiration

Death has a way of sucking life out of living—especially at Christmas.It was two weeks before Christmas 2000. Around midnight I walked out of St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus, NC, not far from where I was serving as Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church Landrum, SC. I...

To Whom Do You “Owe One”?

by | Nov 1, 2018 | Inspiration

Lisa Brennan-Jobs is the daughter of the late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple. Recently she wrote an account of her final visit with her father from whom she was often estranged. About a month before he died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 56, her father spoke words...

Hope…or Hope So?

by | Oct 1, 2018 | Inspiration

This morning I texted my brother, who lives outside Philadelphia, to console him over Penn State’s loss to arch rival Ohio State last night. For Penn State fans it was an agonizing one-point loss due to the fact that their team squandered a 12-point lead in the fourth...

Is Sacrifice A Dying Art?

by | Aug 31, 2018 | Inspiration

Earlier this summer the world was mesmerized by the drama which unfolded in Thailand as twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were rescued from entrapment in the Tham Luang cave. Whereas volunteers came from around the globe to offer their...

Can You Spare Me Some Change?

by | Aug 7, 2018 | Inspiration

We’ve all been there. Having gotten out of our car at the mall or at our favorite discount store, and minding our own business as we walk toward the store, out of the corner of our eye we see him approaching. His clothes, his disheveled appearance, the glazed look in...