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R.I.P. Mrs. Virginia Province

By on Sunday, September 27th, 2015 | No Comments

Sad to report the passing of one of my favorite people, Mrs. Virginia Province, age 99 – who died yesterday morning at her home in Richmond Virginia. In the 1940’s, Virginia was instrumental in starting the Baptist Student Ministry in Blacksburg at Virginia Tech, as well as the Baptist ministry among international students. As a […]

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The Faith To Call Jesus Lord!

By on Sunday, July 5th, 2015 | No Comments

Today’s blog contains the sermon manuscript and video for a message preached July 5, 2015 at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond, VA.   You can also find an audio of this sermon by visiting the church website and subscribing to our podcast.  The sermon is titled:  “The Faith to Follow Jesus as Lord” based on Mark 6:1-13 Whenever you […]

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Funeral Mediation for the Reverend Dan Stevens

By on Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 | No Comments

Below is the funeral mediation honoring the Reverend Dan Steven’s, former pastor of the Park View Baptist Church (now Patterson Avenue Baptist). Dan Steven’s Best Day – Revelation 21:4-7 The last time Dan preached at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church, he addressed the question:  “What do you do on the worst day of your life?”  We […]

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For RICHMOND, VA clergy, church staff, denominational workers, spouses, seminarians, professors (ecumenical)

By on Friday, March 27th, 2015 | No Comments

ANNOUNCING CLERGY GOLD 2015 I’m Building A Fitness Challenge Team AND I need 10-15 team members. Each year the Gold’s Gym where I workout hosts a “Corporate Fitness Challenge. The aim of the challenge is to give business/companies/corporations the chance to try out their facility for an extended period of time (three full weeks) – […]

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An Open Letter to Eddie Hammett

By on Friday, March 20th, 2015 | No Comments

Eddie: Thanks so much for including me in the Congregational Coaching seminar earlier this week at the Baptist General Association of Virginia. The resources you provided in the seminar, as well as your exceptional book, “Recovering Hope for Your Church: Moving beyond Maintenance and Missional to Incarnational Engagement” should be of tremendous help to pastors, […]

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Scandalous Grace – The Story of Esther

By on Monday, March 2nd, 2015 | No Comments

This post include the sermon  text for the message I preached on March 1, 2015 at a meeting of the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, VA. Due to damage related to frozen pipes, we meet in the fellowship hall of the Monument Heights Baptist Church.  For that reason, there is no video or audio of this sermon. […]

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Dreaming Dreams and Killing Giants

By on Sunday, January 18th, 2015 | 2 Comments

Here’s my favorite Giant.  Wrestling’s own “Andre the Giant.”  Though I think his best role was in “The Princess Bride.”  We’ll let that be another posting.   Right now I am thinking about a biblical giant named Goliath.    The story of David and Goliath is one of the more popular and well-known stories in the Hebrew […]

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An Atheist Parking Spot

By on Friday, December 12th, 2014 | No Comments

Yesterday, this made me VERY angry. But I am better now. I was in a nearby hospital parking lot. A member of my parish is in ICU with serious heart problems (sort of touch and go, if you know what I mean). The lot is full…but finally, a clergy parking spot open. Another car slips […]

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Prayer of Thanksgiving

By on Thursday, November 27th, 2014 | No Comments

Prayer of Thanksgiving November 26, 2014 7:00PM Heavenly Father, Maker of Heaven and Earth, Redeemer of the Whole World, And our Source of LIFE and LOVE and PURPOSE: We gather today from various walks of life for the expressed purpose of praising you, blessing your name, and offering you our thanks for all the goodness […]

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Does God Need My Worship?

By on Thursday, October 30th, 2014 | No Comments

Does God need our worship? This was the  crux of a conversation I engage in via facebook not long ago. My first response was an hearty LOL.  The notion that GOD “needs” anything is an amusement.  God being God needs nothing.  God is complete within God’s self.  God enjoys the love relationship that exists within […]

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