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Painful Peace?
I’m sure that almost sounds like an oxymoron. Let me try to explain… I clearly remember that evening. I had just arrived home from church. This was 1995, just as cell phones were becoming a popular item but before they had become the permanent appendage they are today. I had a message on the…
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Finding my place in MINISTRY
So my wife and I joined this wonderful church, Gethsemane Community Fellowship Baptist Church. It is so fulfilling to be a part of a healthy, wholesome ministry. What I’ve lately found challenging is the fact that I grew up in church. My parents were in ministry since I was like 8 years old. I…
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Finding my PLACE in the Kingdom…
The past three months have been very interesting. It’s been a time of transition, change and learning. Here is the short version of some of the past events… Dislocation For the past three years I had been serving and employed as Minister of Music at a wonderful church in Portsmouth, Virginia. This position afforded…
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Deacon of Music
Define “Ministry”… Webster’s Dictionary defines ministry as “the service, functions, or profession of a minister of religion.” Simple, right? So let’s dig deeper. Richard’s Expository Dictionary of Bible Words, a source that I deeply enjoy, has this to say. The Hebrew word translated for minister in the Old Testament “is used of persons who…
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Time Flies!!
Time does fly when you are having a ball!! Okay, let me try to bring you up to date. AF’RAM!! It was a blast! We had a wonderful time. Thank you, Sarita!! Thank you, Theo!! We got to hang out backstage while the great Tye Tribbett and GA were on stage throwing down. They…
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Aimless Wanderer??
From 2006 Why is the world so full of rhetoric and rhymes? Particularly the church world? I wonder if God sobs at the rarety of pure, deliberate, intentional worship. What is it about man that causes us to need miracles in order to worship? Okay – let me stop being so deep. But seriously…
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I Need To Study It
Today during my devotion time I was reading Exodus chapter 20 when God gave the 10 commandments. I grew up reading the King James Version of the Bible and always took everything at face value. When I got to the 3rd Commandment (verse 7) I had to re-evaluate my way of talking. It all…
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I Am In Love
When I was growing up in South Carolina, I had no idea how my childhood would affect other people’s lives. I was the preacher’s baby boy – the singing little boy that became the organ playing, singing choir director. But so often people in that position can create a lot of damage within a…
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The Bulldozer
“Any door God opens, I’m going in with a bulldozer!” That’s been my motto ever since the release of this CD. I was speaking with one of the DJs from a radio station in Charleston, SC today. I called to thank her and the other radio personalities at that station for playing my CD.…
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No Place Like Home
There’s no place like home! There’s no place in the world like home. Did you know that I am originally from Charleston, SC? I was born in Charleston. I lived there in the 60’s and early 70’s. It was a lot of fun. I remember one of my favorite things to do was to…