20 Remember the agreement you made with us,        because violence fills every dark corner of this land. 21 Do not let your suffering people be disgraced.        Let the poor and helpless praise you. (Psalm 74:20-21, New Century Version) There… Continue reading

It was 1961. Laws were different then. Some were inherently wicked because their sole intent was to keep people down. That is happening all over the world today. Jim Crow had a franchise on the South. Businesses could decide, based… Continue reading

"And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work."   (2 Corinthians 9:8, New International Version, ©2011) In the KJV, this verse… Continue reading

Let's start with this: I like birds and I don't want to kill them. So, "killing two birds with one stone" is a metaphor that is unfortunate, but descriptive. I also like to multitask and I plan certain things in… Continue reading

 1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans… Continue reading

Yesterday, I wrote about foolishness … the good kind and the bad kind. I posed the question, "What kind of fool am I?" I feel most foolish when I make pronouncements, applications, and pontifications on faulty premises that time, memory,… Continue reading

It is April 1, 2011. That means it has been 15 years to the day since I became officially the pastor of Baptist Temple, now the Fellowship of Joy and 4141 Ministries in Fresno, CA. It was Easter Sunday, but… Continue reading

I make plans and I plan things to make. Sometimes I follow through. Sometimes circumstances cooperate. Sometimes it all seems to fall apart. I am reading family history. Some folks had plans go terribly awry. In fact, their lives fell… Continue reading

Do you make notes to yourself? I do and sometimes I read them. Then, sometimes, I respond. Sometimes I dispute, but the act of writing things down has always been helpful to me. It clariies things. Scattered thoughts come together.… Continue reading

I am at the Richmond International Airport transitioning back to California time, which is frightening because it is 2:50 A.M. there and I have been up for hours. What is nice is that we have internet access. We have grown… Continue reading