by Bob | Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Franklin Graham Dumped from the National Day of Prayer The Rev. Franklin Graham was bounced from the opportunity to pray at the Pentagon on the National Day of Prayer (May 6). According to Col. Tom Collins, the military dumped Rev. Graham because, “We’re an...
by Bob | Mar 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
St. Patrick’s Morning Prayer: The Lorica Being one-quarter Irish, on St. Patrick’s Day I couldn’t resist posting something related to St. Patrick. The following prayer by St. Patrick has been variously titled Morning Prayer, The Breastplate, or The Lorica. Some...
by Bob | Feb 10, 2010 | Beyond the Suffering, Black History Month, The Journey, Uncategorized
The Forty-Day Journey of Promise Day Twenty-Three: Praising the Lord Note: Welcome to The Journey, our forty-day blog series from MLK Day through the end of Black History Month. We’re learning life lessons from the legacy of African American Christianity. The series...
by Bob | Jan 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
Are You Listening? A Love Song for Haiti When we empathize with the pain of others, we give them a small taste of Jesus’ love. We learn that lesson through the new song, Are You Listening: A Love Song for Haiti. Jesus with Skin On It came from Kirk Franklin, who was...
by Bob | Dec 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
“That’s My King! Do You Know Him?” S. M. Lockridge (born Shadrach Meshach Lockridge, March 7, 1913 – April 4, 2000) was the Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, a prominent African American congregation located in San Diego, California, from 1953 to 1993. He was...
by Bob | Dec 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Do We Even Need Web Sites Anymore? I stumbled upon an interesting blog post about church and ministry websites: “Do You Need a Web Site?” Quite the provocative read. I assume they titled it and wrote it (from their web site!) to produce traffic and prompt a...
