A Day In The Life

I see many of my young friends still refer to themselves as “Niggas.” They say, “My Nigga” and “Good Nigga” “Still my Nigga.” That’s sad. I’...

I saw a funny commercial today. It was the one where the man goes up in a helicopter only to find that the pilot is still on the ground. He ...

What's in the cup? A young member of my congregation sent me a photo in which he's holding a cup. It can hardly be seen in the pictu...

A time for everything! Those were the words given tonight by a minister who pastored a church for 46 years. He is about 90 years old, hi...

A young friend of mine sent me a message with a link to S.E.X. I was curious, because I it appeared to be a salacious invitation. So I con...

I began a Myspace page a few days ago. At 57, I'm probably one of the oldest members of the Myspace crowd. It's interesting to wat...

I attended the funeral of my uncle, Lonnie Crawford, last week. He was the second uncle to pass in a two week period. In attendance was my a...

The computer in my office has been upgraded. The technicians say that I now have a server that has four huge disk drives that operate at the...

During Worship yesterday we showed flashback slides of "The Way We Were" while the choir sang a variety of selections emphasizing ...

I watched our church puppet team practice last night. The group of high spirited youth made the inanimate puppets come to life. With their h...

"Does your church help people with no sewerage?" That was the question I was asked Monday from a desperate caller who explained th...

I attended the 60th birthday party of Sister Mildred James on Saturday March 11th. It was sponsored by her eight children and grandchildren....

Apparently the men of Tabernacle didn't like the fact that the pastor drove a 1985 Honda CRX around town, so they did something about it...

Last week I spent five days at camp with about 50 members of our church Boy Scout troop. I've been doing it for over 30 years. At 56, ...

Joslyn and I went to dinner last night, but not alone. Our congregation hosted a dinner for 70 evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita at ...

I had my glasses changed this week. I'm 60/20 on distances it seems. I'm becoming more dependent upon them as time passes. Since I...

I have three offices. One at the church complex. One at my business and another at home. All three have desks. I like my desks organized, bu...

The owner of the local laundry was pleasantly amused to learn why I spend so much money for the laundry of my shirts. The fact that I have m...

Our church has been working to get Hurricane Katrina evacuees out of shelters into homes or back home. My wife, Joslyn, has been an energy d...

For nearly a month we have wrestled with the impact of Hurricane Katrina and Rita. Most of the time, we have watched on television, night an...