Life

  • You Can’t Fry Everything

    I love fried food….too much. When Melissa and I got a fryer a couple of Christmas’s ago, we immediately began to fry EVERYTHING. After a week or two, we started to think about how easy it is to fry something instead of cooking it the right way and the healthy way. In leadership, we…

  • Feelin Around In The Dark

    A few nights ago I had trouble going to sleep. After an hour of tossing and turning, I decided just to get up for a few minutes and try again later. Like every person awake well after their bedtime, I decided I needed something to eat. So, I grabbed the bag of M&M’s on…

  • Snow Day. No Way.

    Yesterday, a snow storm hit the south east. Here in Orangeburg, we didn’t get the worst of it, but we did get enough. Yesterday afternoon, Melissa and I began to get a little stir crazy and talked about getting out of the house. While we were trying to decide if we wanted to brave…

  • If It’s Easy, You’re Doing It Wrong

    As I look through scripture, following God was never easy. There were always obstacles. There was always opposition. It seems that following Jesus often comes too easy for many of us. Little sacrifice. Little push back. Little trust required. The conclusion I’ve come to… We’re doing it wrong. Jesus said in John 16:33 that…

  • Turning People UPSIDE Down

    The goal of God. The goal of Jesus. The goal of Paul. The goal of Peter. The goal of our early church fathers. The goal of your local church. The goal of you. Is to see old and dead people become new and alive. 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he…

  • UPSIDE Down: reversed in position

    According to Webster Dictionary, upside down means : in such a way that the upper and the lower parts are reversed in position Basically it means the reverse of what’s normal. If we’re going to be people that really turn the world upside down as Paul did in Acts, we’re gonna have to go…