I, by nature, am not confrontational.  I don’t like having to deal with difficult situations.  I want to smooth things over.  I want everyone to get along.  Yet there are times to be confrontational.  There are times you must step up and do the uncomfortable or unnatural thing.  I find that confrontation is not that difficult when it involves something I care about.  If someone says something abou...  Read More

What a great day Sunday!  Despite many dealing with sickness, including several dealing with COVID, we had a good crowd for worship Sunday morning and a good showing for the fellowship Sunday evening.  The food was great and the competition was fierce.  In our annual chili battle, Keith Cannon emerged victorious.  Jim Narrin and Eliza Graham followed closely behind.  Eliza claimed the prize on the...  Read More

How about this weather?  You gotta love Oklahoma weather.  Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall often within the same day!  Not a lot on my mind today, I just wanted to remind you of a few things.  One is that our quarterly business meeting is tomorrow evening.  We will meet in the fellowship building at 6:30 PM and review our financial report and consider a few recommendations and vote in some new mem...  Read More

Well, are you thawing out yet?  I missed being with you this past Sunday.  It is just not the same if I don’t get to see my family.  That’s part of the difference Christ makes in the life of the believer.  Our lives are different because of Christ, because of the presence of the Spirit, because we are connected.  That’s what has been on my mind this morning.  So, let me ask you, “What difference d...  Read More

I said Sunday, “I am the cranky old man.”  The world has changed, and I don’t like it.  I could just as easily say, “The church has changed, and I don’t like it.”  We are increasingly strangers in our own land.  But how do we respond?  How do we respond to changing culture within the church?  The “cranky old man” response of screaming, “Get off my lawn,” is not all that effective.  The culture is ...  Read More

Some Thoughts…How many times have you written 2023 instead of 2024?  I cannot believe how times flies.  What I thought were fence posts are actually telephone poles!  I had always heard time speeds up as you age, now I know from experience.  What a wonderful time of fellowship we had at the New Year’s Breakfast.  I did not get an official count but I’m guessing 150 at least and probably more.  I k...  Read More