by admin | Mar 24, 2025 | Life Lessons
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still did not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father”. (John 14.9 ESV) Have you heard the expression—spitting image? My dad’s friends would tell me that I was the spitting image of him. We...
by admin | Mar 13, 2025 | Life Lessons
Recently, I was invited back to begin teaching at Union Gospel Mission, the wonderful Christian homeless center that I taught in until Covid for approximately 15 years each Monday. Since this was a new group of approximately 150 men, I didn’t know exactly what they...
by admin | Mar 6, 2025 | Life Lessons
About a decade ago, before Abiding Fathers was officially launched, a Christian brother and I developed what was to be a fatherhood ministry, ‘Stand up 4 Dads’. It lasted briefly, but the thought has never left me. A few years ago when a certain...
by admin | Feb 27, 2025 | Life Lessons
I know the majority of us read and study the scriptures faithfully. Someone asked me one day if, when I was reading God’s word, was I really listening. That’s a very interesting and soul-searching question. Have our quiet times become rote in nature without meditation...
by admin | Feb 26, 2025 | Life Lessons
Have you ever wondered what your purpose in life is other than just existing and going through a routine from day to day? One of my favorite Psalms addresses this. “May he grant you according to your hearts desire, and fulfill all your...
by admin | Feb 13, 2025 | Life Lessons
I remember early on in my life stating that I was going to be a millionaire by the time I was 30. That didn’t happen. Then I came to Dallas to be a key part of the largest apartment builder in the nation but due to the Carter economy, the lights went out in the real...
