Poppa’s Prayers

I wrote this for Easter 2009.  It got the most responses of all the columns I’ve written.  And the response I remember most was the woman who said “Now you go and let Poppa pray for you.”  Which I did. (Pictured is Poppa’s easy chair).   My step-father is...

My first newspaper column: February 2009

I had only been pastor at Rolling Hills Baptist Church for a few years when a local newspaper reporter came by to do a story on our annual candlelight service for grieving parents.  She picked up a copy of our newsletter from our Welcome Desk and a few weeks later...