Just a couple of weeks ago, I was blessed to help work on the 2014 VBS hosted by Englewood Baptist Church. I have worked with VBS efforts and back yard Bible studies many times over the years. This time it was different because I specifically helped to get many of our Mission Jackson kids to the church for VBS. The gallery below shares a few pics I snapped over the course of the week.
BAM!… and just like that, dozens of children hear about Jesus. How cool is that? You know, in the fickle modern times that we now live in, some churches are still able to pull off awesome VBS events. First Baptist Church of Medina is one of those. I was blessed to be invited to join…
Isn’t it interesting that often the most learned among us struggle with this simple question… “who is my neighbor?” In Luke, we recall the story of the Good Samaritan as Jesus presented it to the man who was “an expert in Moses’ Teachings.” You may want to go back and read the whole story again,…
A few days ago, I was blessed to help in a cooperative effort to serve the residents who live at Allenton Heights. It is a residential area managed by the Jackson Housing Authority. I was not “officially” representing CEF of Greater Jackson, but some of our committee members and friends helped in the event. Folks…
Goooooood morning! Have you ever met a religious person who is so fixated on one specific spiritual element that he or she makes everyone uncomfortable when he or she enters a room? Yep, I bet you have a person’s face popping into your mind’s eye right now! Let me preface this post by saying I…
How do you deal with life when it gets all bunched up, boiling with stress or uncertainty? As the photo above indicates, some people use mind-numbing substances to cope… beer or hard liquor or drugs. It is interesting to note that these beer cans were laying in front of our local missions building. I saw…
The other day, I drove out to Rose Hill Cemetery. This is where my body will be laid to rest if I die before Jesus comes back to take His bride home. Several years ago, my earthly father and his brother got together and decided that their families needed burial plots. As they got older,…