The Fletcher Family Blog From Our House to Your Computer

I realize it’s been exactly a year since my last post on our “family blog.” What a year it’s been! Since my dad passed away– The Lord led us into the pastorate at First Free Will Baptist Church in Johnston City, IL (the church we grew up in); we bought and moved into a house [...]

I miss my dad in the afternoons. Between 3 and 4, if it was a nice day, he’d take the dog outside and sit in his lawn chair beside my shed for an hour or so until the mail came. After the mail came, he’d slowly make his way with his walker down our driveway [...]

They will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities destroyed long ago. They will revive them, though they have been deserted for many generations…. You will be called priests of the Lord, ministers of our God…. Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will posses

A fourteenth century saint wrote, God has no hands but our hands to do his work today; God has no feet but our feet to lead others in his way; God has no voice but our voice to tell others how he died; and, God has no help but our help to lead them to [...]

Americans are enamored with crowds, the bigger the better. From the “Million-Man March” to football stadiums routinely seating over 100,000 to “mega-churches” with tens of thousands in attendance, we equate power and success with lots of people gathered in one place–and usually making a lot of noise

The appearance of godliness is much easier to maintain than a pure heart. It’s even easier to talk about God than to actually be in right relationship with Him. Jesus unmasked the Pharisees and teachers of the law when He applied Isaiah’s prophecy to their true motives in Mark 7. ‘These people honor

Mark 5:1-20 tells the story of the man possessed by a legion of demons. The demons, no matter how many, were no match for the Son of God. Bowing to His authority, Jesus cast them out of the man and sent them into a herd of hogs. Immediately, the swine flew (Sorry! Couldn’t resist that [...]