Somebody told me before I came to Maranatha that this was considered the best small conference for Christian writers. I confirm that recommendation. One of the best things about attending conferences is meeting people. Running into old writing friends is always a joy. Gail Gaymer Martin insisted she get a picture of the two of… Continue reading My observations of the 2015 Maranatha Christian Writers’ Conference
Month: October 2015
I finally have my word for the year: PERSEVERE
Don’t freak out on me now. No, this isn’t Monday morning, just a Monday morning blog post from me. I have two reasons for posting this now: first, the subject matter of the devo post is too important to treat lightly–Jesus’s second coming; and second, my life is so busy with life at the moment… Continue reading I finally have my word for the year: PERSEVERE
My observations of the 2015 Stonebriar men’s retreat
One of the highlights of my year just concluded. The Stonebrair Community Church’s 2015 Men’s Retreat is in the books as a real winner. The weather was all we could ask for. No rain, like last year’s event had; warm temperatures, cool mornings actually which is always a pleasant surprise in Texas in October; and… Continue reading My observations of the 2015 Stonebriar men’s retreat
THE WOES
Thadeus rushed to his room in the temple square. He removed the heavy scribe’s robe and changed into pain clothes. He pried the door open and waited until the outside conversation carried past the street corner. Once clear of the scribe’s quarters he worked his way back to the temple. Pressing through the crowd he… Continue reading THE WOES
Did you see the blood moon eclipse?
There was a unique stellar phenomena recently that I missed. It was a blood moon of ultimate proportions. “What’s a blood moon?” You ask. No, nobody cut the moon to make it bleed. Besides, green cheese doesn’t have any blood in it. Don’t you know anything about real science? A blood moon occurs when the… Continue reading Did you see the blood moon eclipse?
THE JABS
“If we can just get Jesus to say something we can bring up against the Romans we’ll have grounds for execution.” The priest sat back. A Sadducee stood. “How about taxes to Rome?” A Pharisee clapped. “I’ll take some Herodians to trip Him up there.” The priest nodded. “Do it.” **** The Pharisees and Herodians… Continue reading THE JABS
The fields are white for harvest, y’all!
On a recent west Texas delivery route I experienced two incredible things. One of them I hadn’t seen in quite a while. The other one I had seen, but not at such high temperatures. What can I say? I had too many long miles in the truck that day. The times are short for us… Continue reading The fields are white for harvest, y’all!
THE PARABLES
Thadeus nodded, not so much because he agreed with Jesus, but from how impressed he was by the way Jesus deflected every question, accusation and inference made toward Him. The crowd hushed when Jesus looked at the leaders and spoke. “Here’s another parable: One day a landowner prepared a vineyard. He built a fence around… Continue reading THE PARABLES