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 …

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 …