Articles from 2014

Yesterday I took my wife Alicia to the surgeon’s office for her two-week checkup after having her hip replaced.  My reason for writing is not to discuss her surgery, but to share an experience we had on leaving the office. Alicia has gotten into the habit upon leaving someone or ending a telephone conversation of  read full article …

During a recent devotional time, Alicia and I were reading a short commentary that related to “light,” which somehow brought to mind that the original logo design for this channel was printed as enLIGHTen rather than the present enLighten … as it was my desire to place greater emphasis on “Light.” After all, Jesus is  read full article …

Here’s another thoughtful message from the pen of Reverend Mark Adams, Senior Pastor of Redland Baptist Church in Rockville, Maryland: In a series of events sounding like the lyrics to a bad country and western song, an Iowa man (let’s call him “George”), recently lost his job, his house, his girlfriend, and his unemployment benefits.  read full article …

Following what? Following whom? Of course, I’m speaking of Jesus, Son of God and our Lord and Savior. As Christians, we have been singing this song for years. Yet, are our hearts committed to truly doing this?  I have decided to follow Jesus; I have decided to follow Jesus; I have decided to follow Jesus;  read full article …

There’s an unwritten rule in ministry that when there comes the time for a pastor to retire from the pastorate, he and his family will leave and seek a new home church rather than stay on as simply a member of the congregation. If you haven’t thought about it, there are two reasons: 1) the  read full article …