God's Front Porch

Growing up can be painful because life has thorns, splinters, briers, and nettles that find their way into us.  We had a black locust tree t...

Thirteen has always been one of my favorite numbers because that was the day I was born in December 1952.  Friday the thirteenth has been my...

It never ceases to amaze me that with all the technology at our fingertips how much we have to wait, especially at fast-food restaurants.  S...

 Happy birthday Jack Barrett it’s your number two Oh, how I wish I could celebrate it with you I am here and you are far away there Bu...

 The summers of 1969 and 1970 were fantastic and unforgettable.  The spring of 1969 our football coach arranged a meeting with a man name Do...

Forty-nine years ago today was the bi-centennial Fourth of July.  My how time flies!  Andy, my oldest son, was six months old.  It was an ex...

I cannot remember the first time someone pulled a trick on me.  I’m pretty sure it was my dad.  Tricks are part of the learning process of l...

Several years the Hopper family gathered in Montgomery, Alabama for the wake of my aunt Gertrude.  It was one of the few occasions that the ...

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...