Growing up, I always heard that everyone has a cross to bear.
As a child, I thought my cross was living out in the country; neighborhood kids saw their friends much more than I did.
In high schoo…
One group of people that Jesus said would be cast into outer darkness is those of the kingdom.
In the Bible, Matthew 8:12, Jesus had honored a soldier's request to heal a servant. The centurion, wh…
Certainly, everything you read on the Internet is true. Right?
Everything you read on Facebook and other social media is the truth. Right?
Everything a politician says is the truth. Right?
I th…
Editor's Note: Facebook fans had plenty to say about Crestview High School; potentially increasing water and sewer bills to fund removal of a sewer lift station on PJ Adams Parkway; and First United …
I often feel as if I have lived in some sort of parallel universe with Denver Bronco quarterback Peyton Manning.
Peyton was born in March of 1976. I graduated from high school in May of 1976.
Pey…
Many of us have been teachers at some point.
Whether we tutored our children, or we taught Sunday school, Bible study, public or private school, many of us have been teachers.
Some of us have bee…
The book of Matthew, chapter 22, tells of a wedding in which many were invited, but few accepted the invitation.
At the king's request, his servants went out in the streets and brought in all who …
While out last week with a throat infection, I probably consumed a few more Nutty Buddy ice cream treats than my health care team would like for a diabetic.
Consuming tasty ice cream wasn’t the onl…
Revival is more than a series of special services with an outside evangelist. True revival begins when someone tires of their church's direction.
This is no knock on churches; we sometimes become s…
Editor's Note: Facebook fans had plenty to say about First United Methodist Church of Crestview's upcoming "Fearless Conversations" series, which features renowned speakers to address being homosexua…
