A to Zed: Thoughts on faithfulness in small things

A to Zed   “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might . . .” –Ecclesiastes 9:10   My friend David and I were walking along the street in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. (Another story in itself). We spotted an African wearing a ZZ Top T-shirt. David, who had …

WHERE WE ALL BELONG PART 2. Chapters 35-

WHERE WE ALL BELONG PART 2 AS OF WED  31 MAY    2:22 ______________________________________________________________________________   ______________________- BEGINNING OF  CHAPTER 35    27 MAY 11:26 PM   CHAPTER 35  THE WHITE LADY   THIS NEEDS TO BE MOVED EARLIER     Camp Claiborne Rapides Parish, Louisiana   It was a day that changed every man at Camp Claiborne, …

A Good Story: Dexter’s Truck

Dexter’s Truck, a story I believe you’ll enjoy: As always, feel free to share our stories with new readers Dexter’s Truck I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 My church has a large parking lot. You’d better notice where you …

Lazarus

Lazarus’ Second Funeral Curt Iles From Christmas Jelly    Creekbank Publishing  copyright 2012    www.creekbank.net I guess I’m the only one who attended both of Boaz Lazurus’ funerals. The second one was yesterday. The first one was thirty-one years ago. Folks around here simply call me “Rabbi.” It’s a name I like. I remember Lazarus’ first funeral …

Shawls in a Cold Church

  Shawls    I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.                                                                                   Psalm 122:1 I grew up in a cold small country church, and I now attend a cold large church. The Dry Creek Baptist Church of my childhood was a wooden clapboard building with not even …

Please Don’t Take My Gas Stove

Please don’t take my Gas Stove! I’ve read with interest an effort by the US Consumer Product Commission to ban gas stoves.  I’m always alarmed by the government’s long-armed reach into our lives. Especially when it concerns our homes. I don’t know if “A man’s home is his castle” is a law, but it should …

Where Everyone is your Uncle or Aunt

  “Where Everyone is your Uncle or Aunt” I grew up in a rural community where it seemed every adult was my uncle or aunt. I knew they couldn’t all be kin, although they seemed to be.  They’re two of the sweetest words in the English language: Uncle. Aunt.  In Dry Creek, these terms of …