Posts from August 2017
Commissioned
Back in the 1970’s a statewide scandal came to light in Oklahoma when it was learned in county after county that hundreds of county commissioners were guilty of taking kickbacks on contracts for roads, bridges, dams, and other county construction projects, as well as pocketing money on county purchases. Those guilty commissioners disgraced a noble word “commission”. This…
Restoration
Remember the “Humpty Dumpty” nursery rhyme? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the King’s horses and all the King’s men Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again. Life is sometimes like that, isn’t it? John’s Gospel records the meeting between Jesus and the Samaritan woman, a woman who had fallen off the wall once too…
Death – Friend or Foe?
I hate death. I really hate death. I’ve buried my four grandparents, my wife’s parents, 2 brothers, and my dad. Not a one of them was I ready to give up to death. As pastor I’ve taken part in hundreds of funerals for church members. Those I had known for a while had become friends. Death was an intruder that took people I love away from my life. Death, even took the life…