Nov 8, 2013 | Minister's Corner
Yesterday I got my hair cut and, as usual, it was a different person cutting my hair. I don’t know what I’m doing to run off so many stylists, but every time I get one that I like, that person will be gone the next time I come in for a trim. I really liked the woman...
Oct 23, 2013 | Minister's Corner
The news is filled with reports of problems with the Affordable Health Care Act. It is impossible to register. Its premiums are more expensive than anticipated. Its coverage is more limiting. The requirement to use it contains exemptions for some. On some level, it...
Oct 14, 2013 | Minister's Corner
Another series for the files! A sermon normally gets one airing, and then it’s bound for the files (although for me those files are kept on the computer). The themes may be recycled as the need arises, but a particular homily is forever retired after a single...
Sep 30, 2013 | Minister's Corner
On the border of Chambers and Liberty Counties, on State Highway 146, just north of Interstate 10, sits the town of Mont Belvieu, Texas. Originally known as Barbers Hill, it was renamed in 1890. By 1920, it had an estimated population of 20 people. But things were...
Sep 21, 2013 | Minister's Corner
It had started out to be a question about salvation. “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (Lk. 10:25). The text indicates a certain insincerity on the part of the one asking the question. He was a lawyer, whose motive was to put Jesus to a test in a...
