Where Do We Go Now?

We had hiked nearly half the day and with little more than a few sips of water and some dried beef and fruit we had arrived. The falls were beautiful and exceeded every expectation and description. We played in the water, climbed to the top and slid down the God-made waterslide. We sat [...]

Up on the Roof

Occasionally as a child my dad would take me with him to work late on Fridays. Beside my dad’s business was a drive-in movie theater. There was a 8 ft. high wooden fence around the drive-in to keep rascals out. I never did go in and watch a movie but I saw a handful of [...]

Brokenness: The Necessary Step

When the weight of the burden is intuitively acknowledged it will begin to bend the soul. This bend is not bad but good. Everything about the man begins to answer to the burden whether intentional or not. Each relationship is subconciously evaluated upon encounter as to its help [...]

More on the Burden

Because of modern psychology and pharmacology believers have been conditioned to mediate or medicate the burden of the Lord. Many times we believe the burden to be a bad or less than premium condition. When God is speaking to His children there is a solemn and heavy nature to the moment. Ps. [...]

Co-Laborers

There have been many influential forces in my life, such as my education, friends, enemies, experiences (bad or good), church, my wife, and my parents.  Reflecting back over the years, I believe one of the strongest influences in my life were the people with which I worked. Usually the people you work alongside 5 or [...]

Serve Somewhere

“Somebody gots to do da chawes!” What someone does outside of their home to make a living is known as their vocation. A vocation carries with it the idea of a calling. One may be a teacher, nurse, carpenter, banker, preacher, insurance salesman and the list could go on but when any of [...]

Invite Someone

I looked to my left while the invitation was playing and there stood Kelly. Kelly had went to work with me 3 months prior. He had three failed marriages, a drinking problem and a hard heart. I had been saved only a few months at the time and I didn’t have any [...]

Assist Someone

If I had a dime for every time that someone described their church experience by how many people talked to them I would need a change counting machine. It was true for you and it is true for every person on the campus of Blaise Baptist Church. Will they say that they felt welcome, [...]