This past weekend marked a significant anniversary for folks in this part of the country (the Gulf Coast of Alabama).  Five years ago a hurricane with a sweet name did not act very sweet, and turned a coastal city upside down.  Katrina quite literally left death in her wake, and the damage still lingers to [...]

“15My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one … 18As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.”  (Jesus’ prayer for his followers in John 17)
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The other day I was reading an online article about a professional [...]

“Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.”  (Matthew 22:9)
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Jesus tells a parable about a king who throws a banquet.  The story goes like this: The people who were supposed to come to the king’s big banquet decided not to come, so the king just invited whomever – anyone who [...]

“God, I thank you that I am not like other men ….” (Luke 18:11)
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I met a friend for breakfast this morning not too far from where I live here in west Mobile.  I love west Mobile … except for when I’m driving.  Especially in the morning during the work/school traffic.  This morning’s commute to breakfast [...]

In Acts 8 we’re introduced to a man named Saul.  He was highly respected among his peers.  In truth, he didn’t have many peers.  He had an exclusive education, an elite family tree, and was the favored son of the political muckety-mucks.  In Saul’s world, one acquired social capital through religion, and few could match [...]