click here to listen to the poem, God’s Timing is Always Right God is very seldom early But He’s always right on time. When the need must be met by midnight, He’ll supply at 11:59 Just as Moses stood in the water At the edge of the Red Sea, God waits until the very end To supply our every need. …

I’ve been thinking lately about one of my heroes, Jerry Clower.  His stories and sayings are burned into my Southern brain.  He was a great comedian and even better person. A few years ago I visited East Fork Cemetery to pay my respects at Jerry’s grave. I expected to find a large tombstone befitting the famous man who became rich,  …

Red Touch Yellow, Kill a Fellow Monday, June 14 For the fourth time I go back to my seat in the tabernacle.  Four hundred and fifty G.A. girls sit in rapt attention as camp pastor Ronnie LaLande does a monologue on Namaan.  He is resplendent in a robe, turban, and sandals.  Bro. Ronnie has been a G.A. camp fixture for …

How do open doors in our lives connect with God’s will? It does remind me that often pushing on doors is God’s way of revealing His will.  If he closes tight, we move to another door.  If it creaks open, we walk through until the next door. Your thoughts on this.

Our guest blogger today is our associate pastor at Dry Creek, Charlie Bailey.  This is a strong message on marriage entitled,  “The First Marriage.”  It is the second in a marriage and family series he has started. You can follow his blog at http://charbail.blogspot.com/ If you’d like to follow the audio of the message, go to http://www.drycreekbaptist.com/media/sunday Monday, June 13, …

Our latest novel,  A Spent Bullet, will be released soon from Westbow Press.  As a final tune-up for the novel, we’ll be sharing the book chapter by chapter.  Your kudos and criticisms are welcome. Enjoy! Curt Iles A Spent Bullet A Novel By Curt Iles Part I The Battle for the Bullet “I want the mistakes made down in Louisiana, …

We’re keeping three grandsons this week.  (Clay and Robin are in Mali, Africa on a mission trip.)  I’m thinking about a deep subject: child rearing. Dr. Benjamin Spock said,  “The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.”

Unused Power I was born during a period of history when many World War I veterans were still alive.  Of all those old men, the one that sticks out was a veteran named Manuel “Curt” Green. Curt Green was one of those country men who had never been anywhere, nor desired to, until World War I broke out.  He traveled …