Farrah Gray The Essential Lessons that took me from Public Assistance   to a Millionaire -- by the Age of 14 "My story, though unique, is not unlike others who began with nothing more than a dream fueled by sheer determination. I believe my story will remind you of the kid in all of us who know...

The story of Buford Pusser, the legendary sheriff of McNairy County Tennessee, is fascinating. Pusser's career as a wrestler came to a close so he moved his family back to his home place to run a sawmill with daddy Carl. He's shocked to discover the level of corruption going on. And after he is a vi...

Chris Anderson has written two very helpful articles on lust. I found them to be refreshingly practical and spiritually uplifting. In Part One he highly recommends Covenant Eyes. The leadership at our church has CE on our computers, and I agree with Chris Anderson about its effectiveness. Both artic...

in my recent presentation at podcamp nashville on spirituality and social media i was talking specifically about podcasting when i made statement along the lines of 'sermon podcasts are lame.' i believe that statement.. really i do. i have posted sermons online, in video and audio format. i ...

The "Hi-Life" is a restaurant in the Seattle area that has tied the price of its daily special to the stock markets.   The other night a nice Italian multiple-layered lasagna, salad, and garlic toast sold for $7.46.  The evening close was 7,460, so the special was $7.46.  An...

My dear husband and I work in fields that look completely different. I'm a parish pastor. He consults with federal, state and local governments at the intersection of sustainable land use, transportation, and climate change.  My job is about as local as it gets. He racks up frequent flier ...

By now, most of the world has read about the church shooting in Maryville, IL where a man opened fire on Rev. Fred Winters at the First Baptist Church. I caught wind of the news just after our morning services on Sunday (thanks to Twitter) and we paused to pray about the situation and those involved...

Lately I’ve been in a couple conversations regarding online conversions. Are they happening? Yes and by the millions according to sites like GodRev (see Joy in Heaven). Using GodRev as the example, they take people through a process of Knowing God where visitors go through a multimedia rich 7-...

Cue up some tunes, and let us be off… Tuesday and I am home after a pleasant afternoon going to class - I enjoy New Testament Studies. We talked about the Gospel of Mark once again and the Baptism of Jesus. We’ve been here before in Gospel and Acts from last semester. After class Luigi a...

“America is a less Christian nation than it was 20 years ago, and Christianity is not losing out to other religions, but primarily to a rejection of religion altogether, a survey published Monday found,” according to a new survey published by CNN. The above statement is exactly why IR...