Having a major highway come right through the middle of Childress often brings with it homeless people looking for help. I always try to help them with a room for the night, a meal or just some conversation. But recently I was particularly blessed when a man passing through town asked for a place to...

I'm excited about my weekend. I'm headed to the Lakeview Church of Christ in Shawnee, Oklahoma today. Tonight I will get to speak to a group of area church leaders, elders and ministers. Then tomorrow at Lakeview I'll do a family seminar. I'm really looking forward to seeing some friends & fello...

I hadn't seen her in a couple of years when I bumped into her on the elevator at the hospital. I asked her how she was and how things were going at the church she attended. She said she was fine and then told me that they had just hired a new preacher. She added, "I just love him to death. His sermo...

I'm currently reading ... "Same Kind of Different as Me" "The Love Dare" (with Lea) I read a chapter of "this" book of the Bible daily. "These" verses rocked my spiritual world this morning. I love reading "The Christian Chronicle." It's my favorite religious newspaper. This month's issue included a...

ONE OF THE SADDEST VERSES IN THE BIBLE: I spent some time reading about Samson this past week (Judges 14-16). He was SO strong, yet at times, he was SO weak. He struggled with women, peer pressure, sexuality, anger and pushing his limits with what God allowed. In the end, he gave up the secret of hi...

When it comes to marriage, Lea and I struggle with the same things you struggle with. We often find ourselves taking one another for granted for the sake of less important things. Things like busyness, work and hobbies will always crowd a marriage for time, but I think the biggest challenge for any ...

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The Bag Phone was my first phone. I remember this conversation with my mom in the 90's, "Mom, you are NOT going to believe where I'm calling you from... MY CAR! I'm in my car, driving around. I got one of those new cellular phones in a bag." I thought technology had reached it's peak when we were ab...

Our goal everyday should be to show to others the same grace and the same mercy that God has shown us. We might not think they deserve it ... but neither do we. Churches ought to be competing to "out-grace" their rivals. I hate the fact that Jesus saw a need to add the ungracious older brother into ...

From the bathtub Cooper yells: "DAD!" It's been a long day. I'm finally in my "happy place" as I sit in my big recliner with my feet up and a big blanket covering me. Hoping he'll go back to playing with his toys in the tub and wanting nothing to pry me from my comfort, I simply pretend I didn't hea...