In "Just My Luck," a melancholic ballad that revisits a chance encounter with a lost love, the Dawes Band offers this insight: I spend my whole life moving forwards but understand it looking back I am sure I've heard that song dozens of times (the same is true of...
How's that for a title? See, I've been working out at home during the spike in Coronavirus cases. Although my South Carolina-based Y is open, I haven't felt taking the risk of working out publicly -- according to the experts, it's almost as dangerous as worshipping. ...
Yesterday's message ... Dug into the last words of Paul's last words -- the inspired section in 2 Timothy 4 where declares clearly that his end is nigh; Observed that the world is full of STARTERS but not so full of FINISHERS; In an aside, noted that 2 Timothy 4:3-4...
Back in 2010, I was able to spend a couple of days at the pro tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. It's a glorious venue in an idyllic setting, and it's actually the fifth most prestigious tournament in the world after the four Grand Slams. While there I...
... is people not getting any of my books. So my Good Shepherd friends Eric & Angie Matras batted .500 last night in their new home in Lake Wylie, SC.
Coldest? Coldest? Well, yeah. Coldest. With 90 plus degrees in the Carolinas and no relief in sight, how about some blog relief? Here they are: the five most heat-resistant, coldest times in my life. 5. That November snowstorm in Dallas in 1978. All I know is that...
Yesterday's message ... Began with a string of negative analogies (check it out); Explained the vast -- and liberating -- difference between "God-breathed" and "God-dictated"; In the PREACHED version, included a spontaneous shout out to Asbury Seminary's Dr. David...
Last week, I showed Team Texas at the USTA Intersectional Championship for Boys' 18-and-under from 1979. I was the youngest, shortest, and skinniest on that team. Today it's Team Texas from 1980. None of those adjectives describe me this time! The "older" guys on...
During our South Carolina vacation last week, our 30-year-old daughter asked me early one evening, "Are you going to go practice your sermon, Daddy?" On the one hand, the question is 100% understandable, as she grew up waking up to the sounds of early morning sermon...
Julie and I spent last week in Hilton Head Island, SC. We had a couple of days alone and then were joined by our children and their spouses for the bulk of the week. Here we are: From left there you'll see Talbot, Julie, Nate Underwood, Taylor Underwood,...