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My heart was grieved on Valentine’s Day when yet again there another mass killing. Later that day, I found myself praying for some little inconvenience in my life, when I had a moment of guilt as the stark realization hit me: There are people with real problems in this world, and I'm asking God...

The year was 1988. It was a stormy August night, 30 year old Ron Coleman was working with an electrical contracting company at a Florence, Alabama, department store. In his own words: “We had been working at night after business hours; this night I was working up in the ceiling on top of a...

A battle is raging, and it is fierce…but as long as we continue to think we are fighting flesh and blood, we will never have a resolution. Discussing racism is dangerous territory. Emotions run high, and most everyone feels as if they have been just as mistreated as the next person...

Transgenderism and Sports Not surprisingly, this is only a real issue in women’s sports. A man who is a woman in his head still has a man’s body. Dysphoria is in the mind not the physique, and a man, on average, has greater strength in his legs and even more so in the upper body. If you don’t...

Yes, everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is our own bad choices. If “that never works for you,” you probably aren’t following the instructions exactly. If the boss is “friends” with you and doing others wrong, one day you will be wronged, too. If one person in your...

Perilous times have arrived in our great country. We are losing ground in what was once the land of the free and the home of the brave. Criminals are deemed heroes; while others are castigated for upholding the law. People are afraid to stand up for what’s right because wrong is so prevalent...

How can a Christian quote Psalm 139:16 and defend abortion? What about those Christians who condone and excuse the very thing the Bible declares an abomination, or ignore the passages they don’t like because the Bible was “written long ago by mere men?” Do they read the Bible enough to know...

If you have a handicap placard because you tote your disabled mother around every so often and you regularly use the placard for yourself…there's as much shame on you as the person who has no placard. There are times I say nothing when I’m listening to you. There’s a reason for that. I...

Today at work, around lunchtime, the unthinkable happened. I've been teary and prayerful in the hours since. A man, with his son and grandson...I'm typing it here because I can't get it out of my head. You may not want to continue to read. The man, in an oversized pickup truck with a full...

When you get to the end of your rope, Here are the Knots to hang on to: We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; We are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; Struck down, but not destroyed. —II Corinthians 4:8-9 Hang in there!

Tulips, University of North Alabama Do you ever feel like you are drowning in a sea of too much information and too little truth? It's easy to find yourself feeling polluted and alienated from God. Often, when we are going through a trial, that is when we find ourselves most in need of truth...

Christian Forums has been a learning experience for me. I inadvertently break rules (translated I didn't read the rules) and get reported (I had a .com in my signature), I've started threads on forums where my topic was not allowed. I've made comments that were taken completely different than...

The fungus among us... (of course, it would be in my own back yard) America has quite an epidemic of DIAW Syndrome. Too many people have the disease, and every day there is a new victim….but the victim is not the one with the disease! I think I may be exhibiting a few symptoms of it myself...

I don’t have an identity crisis, I know who I am: When I really, really mess up, I identify as forgiven, because I am. When I am in a bad mood, gripey and grouchy, I identify as loved, because I am. When I feel misplaced in a world that is unfriendly, I identify as saved, because I am. I am…...

Some years ago, Ole Boy locked not one, but both sets of keys in his truck. We tried for about 20 minutes to break into it with a hanger…no luck. He thought he may have another key to the truck in his filing cabinet, but the keys to the cabinet were locked in the truck. When he went inside...

Focus It's all about our focus. Countless distractions battle for my attention; too often, the distractions win, and I find my focus on the things of this world. As if the news is not bad enough on its own, the media will sensationalize the headlines to make sure and grab my attention. I...

I don’t have the patience to learn patience, and its Thursday…my patience supply is severely depleted. I don’t even want to hear my cell phone ding. Are cell phones of the devil? I grew up in a religion where just about anything could be evil. If “they” didn’t like it, understand it, or...

Bear with me as I start this post with very blunt words: If you are maligning, making sarcastic comments, or posting disparaging remarks on social media concerning The President of the United States, you are not walking according to the dictates of God’s word. Please don’t do that! Speak evil of...

There are days when I’m a little mad at the world, and a lot mad at things closer to home. Something will remind me of past hurt, one I think I’ve forgiven and gotten past, but then there it is, reaching out to slap me, giving me a vivid reminder to forgive again. Forgiveness is rarely easy. I’d...

Kathy Griffin (KG) I almost felt sorry for her. Almost. She was led to believe nothing was off limits in this godless society with its rebellion against authority and lack of respect in general. She is paying a heavy price for her action: CNN canned her, Squatty Potty dumped her, and venues...