This sermon’s title comes from a man in Monroe, North Carolina named Buster Broome.  Buster died about 10 years ago or so, but before that he was a carpenter with an uncommon level of common sense, and I was his pastor for nine years at Mt. Carmel Church in that small town about 25 miles from Read the full article…

So we are in Week 2 of the series BrainWashing and here’s why:  I really & truly believe that SO MANY of your problems today – relationship breaking, church hopping, temper losing, Jesus doubting, sexual dysfunctioning, political paranoia-ing – come first of all from faulty thinking. In the same way that smog dirties up the Read the full article…

Riley and I  spent a few days earlier this week in Austin, Texas, visiting my 99-year-old mother as well as an assortment of siblings, nieces, and nephews. I wanted my mom to see Riley in the aftermath of his graduation from UNC-Chapel Hill  AND I wanted to see her at the midpoint between her 99th and Read the full article…

I had a conversation not long ago with someone about what makes a song “Christian” . . . or not. You know how I have concluded many people answer that question, consciously or not? If it is released by a Christian music label and gets played on Christian music stations. That’s really what it comes down to Read the full article…

It’s not the top five Steve Winwood songs. It’s the top five songs in which he sings. Because whether it was the front man (boy, really) for The Spencer Davis Band, the lead singer for Traffic, or his solo career, Steve Winwood’s voice could carry a song.  Let me show you what I mean: 5.  The Read the full article…