October 10, 2008

Your prayers and words of comfort have meant much to Elizabeth and me during the trying times of these past weeks. Elizabeth is still down with my mom (our children are with her parents in Jackson, MS), seeking to be a bridge between the ...

September 26, 2008

It has been a privilege these last two Lord’s Days to open up the Bible’s teaching on church officers. Several of you have mentioned that this material has been new to you, and I pray that I am making it clear and applicable as ...

September 12, 2008

This past Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings I had the privilege of speaking at a Bible Conference for Oak Grove Baptist Church in Alpine, north of Livingston. I met Ryan Barnhart, the pastor of this congregation, while playing basketball at Cane Creek Gym one evening ...

August 29, 2008

Thank you for your prayers while we were gone; we had a refreshing vacation. It was good to be back with you this past Sunday. What a joy it was to welcome the Mitchell family and Gayle McCall into our fellowship, and to witness ...

August 15, 2008

God has been so good to us these last two weeks as we have moved into Algood School and our offices on Burton Branch Road. I want to thank everyone who helped us move, especially John Rust who coordinated the whole affair. It went ...

August 1, 2008

Hopefully, as you read this, we are nearly finished moving out of our offices and sanctuary on the Square, and into Algood School and the little house on Burton Branch Road. I want to thank everyone who helped this week, especially John Rust, who took ...

July 18, 2008

On Monday of this week, Robert and I met with Leann Taylor, the principal of Algood School, to discuss the details of our move there and to write up a contract between us. She is enthusiastic about our meeting there and being a part ...

July 4, 2008

This past Sunday morning the Session of Grace Presbyterian Church formally restored Brad Seitzinger into communing membership. For those of you who were not there, Brad had previously asked Adele again for her hand in marriage, and had come before the Session humbly to repent of ...

June 20, 2008

Needless to say, after traveling for two weeks, it is good to be back home. We enjoyed our time with family, and I was encouraged and refreshed at General Assembly, but there is nothing like sleeping in one’s own bed and being on one’s normal ...

June 6, 2008

We are in Louisiana this week, visiting my family in Baton Rouge and Mandeville, and getting re-acclimated to muggy weather. On Sunday we will worship at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, MS, where I worked as the senior high intern while in seminary. Elizabeth and the ...