The Wilder Side

07/14/2017

02/22/2017

            In 1976 President Jimmy Carter wrote a book entitled, “Why Not The Best.” He told how he came to write that title. He said, as a young graduate from the naval academy of Annapolis, he w…

02/15/2017

              This past Tuesday I had an opportunity to participate in one of my favorite spectator sports – people watching at Wal-Mart.  For who don’t know, “people watching” is the ac…

02/01/2017

            I was sincerely hoping that our country would settle down and unite after our recent Presidential election but we only seem to be more divided and hateful toward one another. So to batt…

01/24/2017

            A woman once hurried to the pharmacy to get medication but when she got back to her car she found that she had locked her keys inside by mistake. She frantically looked around her for s…

01/17/2017

            The first sermon preached each Sunday is not by the preacher but by you. You preach the message of faithfulness to your family and children when you set aside the first day of the week …

01/09/2017

If I asked you to measure the length of the room that you are currently in and give you a tape measure, you would likely have no problem doing it. If I asked ten people to do the same thing in the …

01/04/2017

            There was a preacher who built a little room in the attic that was used as a quiet place of study and prayer. He would go into that room often and the family knew that when he came home…

12/28/2016

            I like New Year’s Day. It makes us feel like teenagers again by giving us an excuse to stay up late playing games, eating junk food, pop fireworks, and hum along to Auld Lang Syne. On a…

12/14/2016

There is a saying that no matter how old or how tough you may be, when a 3 year old hands you a toy phone, you answer it. I wonder if the same concept applies to putting on a Santa Claus suit. Whil…