This is a big deal to me so I want to write about it. My time as youth minister at Memorial Drive lasted for four and a half years. One of the personal goals I had for myself was to stay in a place for five years. As year four was ending I so wanted [...]
One of the things the church of Christ does so well.
Let me say upfront I know other churches also excel at the following, but I’m more familiar with our story. I’ve also blogged along these lines before, but it’s worth repeating.
On Thursday our friend Mary Watkins was buried. The man she chose to speak at her funeral told the gathered crowd, “I am not a [...]
Wednesday in Tulsa.
Another beautiful day. All sun-all day. Yes!
I like what John Lennon wrote in the song Beautiful Boy. He said, life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans. Today was one of those days for me. My plans for the day didn’t survive the morning. But that’s okay. One of the [...]
Tuesday in Tulsa.
It was a great day. We had honest to goodness sunshine all day long. It’s been awhile. Today was also good in several other ways.
- In the morning I ran into more reasons for respecting our youth minister. He is a great man of God.
- I had lunch with a member of our church. His [...]
For men who shave with razor blades. Not the electric kind.
Urgent Disclaimer!
In view of a couple of comments on this post the author wants to assure one and all he was under the impression that no babies were actually harmed in the harvesting of baby oil.
I read somewhere that shaving with baby oil prolongs the life of a razor blade. So I tried it. [...]
Today felt like Easter to me.
I realize the official Easter holiday is over, but today felt more Easter-y to me. It was not because of the singing or sermon either. Though both were excellent. I think it felt like Easter because the church was made aware of one resurrection and witnessed another.
This morning we were told Mary Watkins died on [...]
Friday in Tulsa.
Wherever you are I hope your day was blessed. Mine was. And varied too.
Mid-morning I was to meet a friend for brunch. He forgot. So there I was in the restraunt cursing myself (Christian curses only) for not reminding him because I hate to eat alone in public places. I also wanted to tell the [...]
Passionate Plays: Gory Easter productions miss an important part of the Gospels.
Christians have long dwelled on the details of the suffering of Christ, but with today’s theater techniques, nothing has been left to the imagination.
The title of this post is the name of an article currently online at Slate. The above quote is from that article. Patton Dodd is the author. Mr. Dodd writes about [...]
Rick Lathrop- People I want to be like.
This is part of a continuing series I just now started. I’m going to write about the various people I know who are way, way ahead of me on the path to being like Jesus.
I’ve known Rick Lathrop for twelve years. Our friendship began because he has two children who were part of my youth [...]
Christians are close-minded.
Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened. And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, and said, “You are to say- His disciples came [...]
