THERE IS A TIME TO COMMEND

ByDr. Mark April 3, 2025 0 Comments
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV) Surely you have been in a situation where someone shared an accurate thought from a scripture. It might have been in a class, a ministry meeting, or a conversation with another. If you have not been in such a situation, you will. Let me share a few thoughts that will help you in such...

THE SYMPHONIA OF YOUR LIFE

ByDr. Mark April 2, 2025 0 Comments
Music appreciation was a required course for individuals seeking a Bachelor of Arts during my college days. We listened to many of the greats, Mozart, Beethoven, Hayden, and several others. For relaxation and to rest my ears from the typical music that is filled with words, especially when the religious station is devoting time to talking with callers about local, state, and national politics, I...

IT WAS IN “THE BOOK” FIRST!

ByDr. Mark April 1, 2025 2 Comments
In my professional career in Human Resources, I was exposed to a lot of Leadership Principles, and the cost to my employer was no small amount. The training usually was good, sometimes very exceptional. However, in my other career as a pastor for 35 years, I have discovered that much of what people have trademarked and copyrighted as their principle or theory is not really original. It was in...

GET IN THE GAME!

ByDr. Mark March 31, 2025 0 Comments
This is your Monday Short meditation, inspired by Pastor M.R. King in Sunday School yesterday. In basketball, only five players can be on the floor for your team at one time. In baseball, you can field nine players at a time. In football, the defense is allowed to have 11 players on the field at the same time. The same is true for the offense in football. In volleyball you are allowed six...

DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT!

ByDr. Mark March 30, 2025 0 Comments
In the mid-1970’s American Express started using the phrase, “Don’t leave home without it,” in reference to their credit card. It’s not Monday and I am not challenged to write a short meditation to meet my customary goal for Monday mornings, but I’m going to be brief today. The message this morning is short, but it is something you will do, if you are smart! Here is the message, a...

GUESS WHO’S CALLING?

ByDr. Mark March 29, 2025 1 Comment
“The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. Then the Lord called Samuel....

THE HODGE PODGE DINNER

ByDr. Mark March 28, 2025 0 Comments
“If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job...

DELIVERING “THE LETTER” ON TIME

ByDr. Mark March 27, 2025 2 Comments
Do you recall going to the mailbox, multiple times a day, looking for a letter from a special loved one? I know you do. You went to the mailbox in the late morning hours, early in the afternoon, and just before sunset, hoping to get this letter. If it was not delivered on the day that you expected it to be delivered, you went through the same routine the next day. As a matter of fact, you...

THE PATH ONCE TRAVELED

ByDr. Mark March 26, 2025 2 Comments
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will advise you with My eye upon you.} (Psalm 32:8 NASB) If you live in a large city, a mid-size city or even a small town, but increasingly growing town that was once considered a village located just outside a larger metropolitan district, the words of wisdom I will give to you today are applicable. Let me start with a...

JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION!

ByDr. Mark March 25, 2025 2 Comments
“Then he came there to a cave and spent the night there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” (I Kings 19:9 NASB) I have a question for you to answer when you are having one of those days where you feel down, depressed, or disconnected with reasons to rejoice. When you start having a pity party, a poor “woe is me”...