Things I Learned Living in Texas

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in Texas.
If it grows, it’ll stick ya. If it crawls, it’ll bite ya.
“Fixin’to” is one word.
Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you’re two. We do like a little tea with our sugar.
You’ll often hear this conversation.
     “Jeet?”
     [...]

Beyond the Status Quo–Communicating with God

One of my favorite church websites is www.thejourneyanchorage.org of The Journey Church of Anchorage, Alaska. Pastor Toby Stevens has such a cool way of conveying his passion for God and love for people. The following is an excerpt from the website about communicating with God. 
It has been said that you never cross the same river [...]

You’ve Turned My Mourning Into Dancing

 
In John Bunyan’s classic, The Pilgrim’s Progress, Christian the journeying pilgrim traveled with a heavy load on his back until he came to a hill. On it stood a cross and below it, at the bottom, was a tomb. When Christian came up to the cross, his burden loosened from his shoulders and fell onto [...]

Thanks Dad

What I learned from my dad, Melvin Magee,
b. 1914, d. 1990
 
 You can make a meal out of sardines and saltine crackers.
The only way to be on time is to be ahead of time.
Dreams come true if you just get out of bed.
A penny saved is a penny earned, and if you put it in the [...]

Does Zeal For Your House Consume Me?

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.  Psalm 69:9a
And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.  John 2:17
 Although God can be worshipped any time and at any place, there’s something about going to His house. In church our spirits connect with His Spirit and [...]

Sail On

 The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change, the realist adjusts the sails.        William Arthur Ward

Glorious Graduation!

Many years ago, I started the Christian school of life with a different graduation in mind. Though I have been through the “though he slay me, yet will I trust him” test like Job, “the valley of the shadow” test like David, and my own small Gethsemane test, quitting has never been an option. In [...]