Ah the joys and the challenges of being from the American South! One of the greatest benefits is the versatile, catch all, phrase "Bless his heart." When you hear this from a Southerner, your work isn't done. It isn't enough to hear this phrase, you must parse it correctly....
It was an old suit, but I loved it! It had both sentimental value and the added benefit of actually fitting me! But my dear bride said it had to go! Sure, it had a few stains but I thought they were hard to see. Yes, there was a...
Well today we are doing something we rarely do. We are taking our daily lesson from our Epistle Lesson, and I pray it is a help to you! Let's set it up! St. Timothy was a young, spiritual son of St. Paul, and Paul had placed Timothy as the head of...
The story goes like this: A young man sees a beautiful woman and he desires to make her his wife. All the while, his best friend from childhood, the little girl next door, secretly has grown to love the man. As she watches him not see her as a...
"Oh NO! Not the family tree scriptures again!" I can almost hear the congregation thinking out loud when we come to portions of the scriptures that have "and so and so begat so and so, and he begat so and so, and ..." Just look at today's Gospel Lesson...
I never will forget the thrill of anticipation as we waited outside for the doors to open. It was my very first concert, and I was wide eyed at the spectacle of the crowd, the chance to see a favorite band, and to hear the music that rocked my...
St. John Chrysostom said: "Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward and learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude." I can't tell you how many people I've talked to, counseled, and known who find themselves gripped by either regret or disappointment with...
Years ago, when I was a police office, I was doing police work in a small,North Georgia town where I was also going to college to get my undergraduate degree. One afternoon I was sent to a local business in this small town to take a report on a...
"Life is pain." I love that movie! What, you don't know the movie "The Princess Bride?!" I weep for you! The whole quote is worth recalling: "Life is pain, Highness! Anyone who says differently is selling something." Seriously, M. Scott Peck, in his bestselling book "The Road Less Traveled," starts...
"Hate" is such an ugly word. And yet I use it all too often. "I hate this traffic." "I hate coconut!" ( I really don't like coconut. I think it's the texture.) "I hate that music." You get the idea. But, sometimes, dark times, weak times I have even...
