GIVE THANKS FOR…..?
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday for many reasons. Perhaps first and foremost, unlike Christmas, there are no gifts to have to think about. It isn’t about what we will give to someone, but what has been given to us. For the past year, many of us have complained about this or that…a presidential decision, a congressional action, unbearable weather, and a myriad of other things. Thanksgiving is a season when we forget about complaining and just be thankful for what we have. Every time I see a street person on the corner asking for a handout, I am thankful I have something to give him/her.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO INTEGRITY
Word this week has come that Ted Haggard, having been dismissed as pastor of his church for moral failures, has begun having “prayer meetings” in his home, just a short distance from the church that dismissed him. It is seen by some as the initial stages of starting a new church. The man who served as chairman of Haggard’s restoration group has stated that this is a complete lack of integrity on Haggard’s part. Hey, if he thinks that’s something, he should come to Texas for a few weeks and see how that is being played out in our state over and over again. I have served as interim pastor

AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
TEXT: II Corinthians 9:10-15INTRODUCTION:Here at the Thanksgiving season I have a question I would like to ask: “Has anyone ever given you a gift so exquisite that you had difficulty expressing your appreciation for it?”Think about that for a minute. What gift or act so bowled you over that you were not able to adequately express the thanks you knew it deserved?Some while back we watched the 10:00 o’clock news one of our T.V. stations was doing a report on the people who worked at the 911 clearing office. They were focusing on one young woman who answered 911 calls. While they were talking to her a call came in f

BGCT ELECTS THREE GOOD MEN
Organizations can usually be seen as worthy or unworthy by the people they elect to lead them. If that is true, the BGCT has a bright future ahead. Three good men have been elected to lead the convention over the next twelve months. Had it not been for some family health issues, I would

THINKING ABOUT DEACONS
Somewhere along the way we have gotten confused about the role of a deacon. As a consequence, we see deacons in the middle of a lot of church troubles. Most of these troubles concerning deacons stems from the fact that too many of us have the totally wrong idea about what a deacon is. For the past eight or nine years I have had the privilege of serving my church in the role of a deacon. It almost didn’t happen, though. When the Deacon Nominating Committee interviewed me and determined to recommend me to the church as a deacon nominee, the chairperson asked me when I would like to be ordained.