One of my fondest memories of childhood is spending time at my grandmother’s house with my older sister and two cousins. There was always an adventure to be had and we had plenty of them. Like any good grandparent, my grandmother spoiled us rotten and she let us get away with way more than she…

On March 5th my parents celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. On Saturday, March 6th we gathered with family and friends at their church to celebrate along with them. Throughout my life, my parents have been a model of love and commitment for my sister and me. There has never been a time when we doubted…

Encouragement! This is something we are all called to do and each need desperately. Throughout my life and ministry, God has used various people to encourage me at critical times. Yet, I have to ask, how often do I go out of my way to encourage those around me?  One of the lesser known characters…

Christmas is my favorite time of year. One of the things I love about Christmas is family Christmas traditions. Over the years our family has developed several. We have a list of movies we watch every year, chocolate covered candies that we make, eggnog that we drink (the Baptist non-alcoholic kind of course), and we…

The first position I had on a church staff was as Assistant Director of Recreation and Activities at Westwood Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. I served alongside Reggie Nichols, the Director, in leading the various recreation ministries of the church. It was a wonderful experience that God used in many ways to prepare me for…

While reading through the book of Revelation with the CBR Journal, I remembered a story told by John Corts of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. When he was sixteen-years-old, he went with about eight of his cousins to his grandfather’s farm for a big celebration. The kids kept begging their grandfather to go work in…