God's Front Porch

Church is the place where we worship, preach, teach, sing praises, pray, and fellowship.  It is a sacred place, a safe place, and a sanctifi...

Someone once asked me about school.  I told them that I hated school.  I love to learn, I just hated school.  I loved math and history, tole...

  It was a rainy Thursday in Alabama, and I was happy.   I love rainy days whereas most people become depressed.   I have a dear friend in D...

 Before the millennium, I got an invite from Danny Daniels to spend time with Dr. Rick Warren and the folks at Saddleback Church.  Danny was...

Standing on top of the lime kiln silo I pondered my journey.  Adored with hardhat, safety glasses, respirator, overalls, steel toe boots, an...

When I started at the cement plant in Calera, Alabama back in October 13, 1976, I was introduced to making cement.   I remember my first day...

 This past Sunday, Resurrection Sunday, Union Springs Baptist Church observed the Lord's Supper during the Worship.  My mind goes back t...

  So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out.   And it was dark. John 13:30 ...

 I love Spring.  New life is everywhere.  The sunshine creates thousands of shades of green, millions of different colors decorating the lan...

 It was a November evening in Alabama.  The Hopper family loaded into a 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne and headed to Posey’s Crossroads.  It was El...

              One of my earliest memories is getting a haircut. I remember sitting on a board on the arm rails of one of Mr. Bratton’s bar...

  But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the ...

  Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay says the Lord.” Ro...

I love to play football.  From the very first time I played on the school playground I was hooked.  I had thrown the football in the yard wi...

  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. Proverbs 9:10 Have you ever heard someo...