"I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.  Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord."

Jenna Lewter has a great post you might want to see.  We are pretty excited.

The Surratt family will be eating well this winter.  My borderline tree hugging adventure in Redneckville was successful. 

How do I feel?  Somewhat conflicted…

My wife is proud of me (the hunter gatherer brought home the meat)…so that’s… Read more

Pray for me…I’m going hunting this afternoon.

To my knowledge I have never killed anything before.

This is a long overdo initiation into the intricacies of manhood South Carolina style.  I was given this trip as a Christmas gift by… Read more

My memories of Christmas revolve around extended family get togethers that usually involved significant cross country travel.  Our family was populated by several preachers serving churches at distant points on the map.  Places like Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, Las Cruces,… Read more

I wasn’t going to address the "not having church on Christmas" issue any more, but I think I need too for several reasons:

1. We never dreamed that this would be as controversial as it has become when we made

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Dino Rizzo at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge has a great idea for ML King day in January.  Check it out here.  Are there any small groups willing to tackle this kind of service?

I spoke a couple of weeks ago on how Jesus handled critics.  I made the point that if you do anything noteworthy, not everyone will agree.

His first sermon in his home synagogue started out pretty well:

Luke 4:22 (NIV) … Read more

I’m spending a rare evening at home alone…Debbie is out shopping, without me…we’re both blessed and quite content with that arrangement.

Just doing some reading and writing…caught myself staring aimlessly at the recently decorated Christmas tree…thinking about the wonder of… Read more

I love Christmas…I really do.

I don’t particularly care that it isn’t celebrated on the exact day that Christ was born.  I’m not too bothered by the fact that it was first a pagan holiday.  I’m not even upset that… Read more