I remember a time when Memorial Day was Memorial Day. On Memorial Day, even though school was already out for the summer, the high school marching band marched one more time in a procession that ended at the cemetery. Memorial Day was a day for remembering. Today Memorial Day seems more about the first long …
Category Archives: Holidays
Memorial Day
Refresh and renew, but….sometime during the day, Remember and Reflect!
Memorial Day Weekend
For many, the Memorial Day Weekend has already begun. Some will spend most or all of the weekend in fun and frolic (first weekend of summer) with little thought to the meaning of Memorial Day, and little thought given to the sacrifices made so that we can be the free nation we are today. Originally …
40 Days of Gratitude: My List
November 21–Salvation 22–God’s revelation—special and natural 23–The beauty of nature, God’s natural revelation 24–Relationship with God 25–The church 26–My heritage of faith and questioning 27–My family 28–Family—my wife 29–Family—my boys 30–Family—my mother December 1–Family—my sister 2–Friends [general] 3–Ministry friends 4–Leadership friends 5–Missions friends 6–Students I have taught through the years 7–My coworkers across the years …
It’s Sunday Again: 40 Days of Gratitude
Thanksgiving Sunday. Is it today or next Sunday? Next Sunday is part of the traditional Thanksgiving weekend. But during 40+ years of preaching ministry, I generally preached my Thanksgiving sermon the Sunday before Thanksgiving. By the Sunday after, most people have forgotten the holiday just past in favor of the holiday coming in less than …
Father’s Day: Four Principles
Several months ago I received an email with the following information. I have edited it slightly and focused it for Father’s Day. In May 2009, Brad McCoy, Colt McCoy’s dad, spoke at the Tuesday morning Dallas Christian Leadership Prayer Breakfast. The breakfast is an annual breakfast started by Tom Landry and other Dallas leaders over …
Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend has arrived. Church attendance will be down tomorrow. For many people in our nation, the “first weekend of the summer” is more about recreation than remembering. Even for many who worship regularly on most weekends of the year, this weekend is more about recreation than religion. My friend, Bob Smith, forwarded a …
One Nation–Under God?
This Fourth of July will likely pass fairly quietly–hard to get excited about #233. As a nation, we will celebrate, but many are no longer certain what we are celebrating. Are celebrating the freedom to do whatever we want? The Bible calls that license, and the concept yields the word licenciousness. Are we celebrating the …