Recently the Lord in His grace has been taking back to a place I never should have left, a place where the primary pursuit of life is simply to know Him more. Through the writings of Peter Lord I have been extremely blessed in prayer, like I have not been in years. And, in the [...]

This weekend a student I mentor and serve with in our local church named Nathan and I drove to Cleveland, Tennessee to be at camp with 800 high school students from Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, TN. I spoke to the campers Sunday morning, but the thrill for me came Saturday night as I [...]

I doubt I can say anything profound to add to the news about Fred Luter becoming the first African American president of the Southern Baptist Convention. I wish I had been at the convention to vote. Here are simply a few personal thoughts. I grew up in Alabama. I remember when a young black student [...]

Recently I spoke at a local Baptist Association not far from Wake Forest. I ran into some of our students and grads who serve churches there as pastors and student pastors. I met others not affiliated with Southeastern directly as well. We had an enjoyable time of fellowship and worship, but I was reminded how [...]

An American businessman, emotionally stressed-out from too many years of performance and too little time to reflect, finally followed his doctor’s orders and vacationed in a quiet, coastal Mexican village. Finding it difficult to check out mentally and weary of his first-night insomnia, he walked out to the pier for some air.  He saw a [...]