In my corner of the universe school is starting for the academic year 2015-2016. Today is the first day of classes for elementary, junior high, and high school students. College and university students are moving back on campus and getting ready for classes to being in a week or two. Our son is already … Continue reading Prayer for School
Author: Scott McCown
Hiring a New Preacher
Like all good preachers I have a file or three of clippings (old school paper and filing cabinet) along with an folder on my computer and cloud storage of bulletin articles, blogs, and newspaper finds. Today's post is from the hard copy file from an old newspaper clipping. In a letter to Dear Abby a C.W. … Continue reading Hiring a New Preacher
At Hand
1901, the Pan-American Exposition was in Buffalo, New York. Exhibitions and visitors came from all over. One visitor was Bill. Unfortunately for Bill, he became the victim of a shooting. Fortunately for this man the first aid station at the Pan-American Exposition was large, it was the equivalent of an emergency hospital. There was even … Continue reading At Hand
For Everyone
I found this little clipping in a file of old church bulletin articles. There is no attribution to an author, just know it is not an original of my own creation. I just thought it was worth sharing on a Friday afternoon. How everyone can be nice to everyone: Be Silent when your words would … Continue reading For Everyone
Bible Malapropisms – one more time
Monday we looked at five Bible Malapropisms. Today we look at the last four in my list. I am sure there are more. God moves in a mysterious way. William Cowper wrote this in one of his last hymns in 1774. He based the thought on his recollections of his life and how he saw … Continue reading Bible Malapropisms – one more time
More Bible Malapropisms
We continue our list from yesterday with five more phrases that sound Biblical, but are not necessarily from the Bible. What goes around comes around. This is more associated with the Hinduism/Buddhism idea of Karma than it is the Bible. In our desire for what we consider to be fair, we want others to experience what … Continue reading More Bible Malapropisms
Bible Malapropisms
A malapropism is the misuse of a word, specifically a word that sounds like or is similar to another. Think of "there," "their," and "they're." Or, "Good punctuation means never being late." What I am calling Bible malapropisms are not words but phrases and ideas that many think are in the Bible and sometimes quote as … Continue reading Bible Malapropisms
Prayers for Friends
Today I have family and friends beginning a mission trip in Ecuador. Members of Central are leaving today for mission work in Peru. I have a cousin in full-time mission work in Japan. Pray for these efforts and others. Pray for the benevolence projects that are a part of these trips. Pray for the youth … Continue reading Prayers for Friends
Nine Church Cripplers
There are certain things that you and I are sometimes guilty of that are harmful to the local church. In reality they are a danger to the Church universal. I am simply going to share this as a list and without comment. Regular Absense Indifference Worldliness Lack of Faithfulness to God Selfishness Neglecting our … Continue reading Nine Church Cripplers
Project Care
This past year Howard McCraney, a deacon at Central where I serve, began leading outreach efforts. The goal is to take our mission and compassion outside the walls of our building to the people who need it. Part of this outreach effort is Central Church of Christ Project Care (CCC Project Care). This weekend I was … Continue reading Project Care
Driving Thought 