20 Years of Great Memories

One thousand sermons…and much more ___________________________________________ There were guest speakers. Tearful stories. Special songs and music. Even flowers. No, we were not remembering a dear departed. It was a celebration of my twenty years as pastor at my...

God chooses who he inspires…

____________________________________ How churches treat women is indicative of their commitment to or aversion to hierarchy and power My mom never second-guessed the expectation that she would be a housewife. She thrived in that role and seemed to love every minute of...

Finding Christmas.

Apparently, I’ve never shied away from drawing attention to myself. _________________ I became famous in 1969. The Ponca City News published a picture of me in my homemade Santa costume which I proudly wore for the annual main street “Holiday Pet Parade.”...

The invisible are all around us…

__________________________________________ Every year Parents Left Behind offers a seminar for grieving parents.  Many of these parents grieve alone and are easily forgotten.  Jesus sees them.   They pulled her out of her adultery bed and tried to kill her. While...