On Sunday (June 4), I will be leaving to help as a counselor at Maywood Christian Camp. This is always an uplifting week and one that always seems to help our young people grow closer to God and to each other. I have been honored by being asked to help out in several ways at [...]

I finished reading a lectureship book from the 2003 Cold Harbor Road lectures. The theme of the lectures and the title of the book was, “Equipping God’s People to Deal with Adversity.” If you have not preached or taught on such things as losing a loved one, dealing with being single, or “the Elijah complex” [...]

Many of you who read this blog regularly are either members of the 9th Avenue family or you live somewhat close to Haleyville, Alabama. That being the case, I wanted to remind you of some of the things we have scheduled for the summer. And, by the way, if you don’t live that closely, you [...]

[NOTE: For those of you unfamiliar with our congregation's bulletin "The Family Newsletter," we produce it on Wednesday and it is mailed on Thursday. However, the date is actually the following Sunday. So, when this article speaks of "next Sunday," it is talking about June 4, not May 28.] Next Sunday, many of our young [...]

The Kansas City Royals are bad. In fact, they are terrible. After another loss last night, they find themselves with a record of 10-32. They have already had an 11-game losing streak this year, and their loss last night made their current streak reach 9 games. They are, in fact, on pace to lose the [...]