A Southern Baptist pastor for almost 35 years, I currently serve as Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Angleton, Texas, and post my weekly sermons on this site, as well as a brief overview for Sunday School teachers of the weekly Lifeway "Explore the Bible" lesson.
Tag Archives: pastor’s family life
“The Little Condo on the Prairie” (Oct. 22, 2013)
Homeschool, household chores, and a preaching trip to Beggs, America mark this week’s installment of the “Little Condo”: OVERHEARD DURING MATH Cheryl & Michael’s math lessons could probably fuel their own comedy show. I get a lot of chuckles out … Continue reading
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This Week in “Paradise” September 17
This week in the “paradise” otherwise known as the pastor’s home, we had company from out of town, which proved to be very entertaining — on top of our own typical antics. I can even share SOME of what went … Continue reading
This Week in “Paradise” August 13
Did I Do That? Cheryl hates the little lawnmower we have here in “Paradise”; she has lodged complaints against it on several occasions. Thus I must admit that I was more than a little suspicious when she “accidentally” left it … Continue reading
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Tagged back-to-school, Calvinism debate, cats and women, dinner, felines, football, Freudian song, garden, grading, home school, humor, kitten, lawnmower, nap time, Paradise, pastor's family life, POTS, Proverbs 31 woman, supersized, toothpaste, weight gain
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“This Week in Paradise” July 23
This week in the “Paradise” otherwise known as the pastor’s home seemed to revolve around foreign language, and of course our new baby kitten, Eponine! You’ve Got the Wrong Person I have told people before that Cheryl & I have … Continue reading
“This Week in Paradise” June 11, 2012
German Just back from church camp last week, Michael began his summer “school”: Rosetta Stone German, Level 1. It took just a few minutes to set up, and he was off and running with it. The first day’s lesson was … Continue reading
“This Week in Paradise” June 4, 2012
From vanity, to sarcastic children, the follies of this pastor’s home are exposed to the world in this week’s installment of “Paradise.” Reading Mike Beard, our chairman of the deacons, came over for a few minutes and visited one day … Continue reading
“This Week in Paradise” 1.4
Following are the latest stories from inside this pastor’s home, from the week of May 20-26 … Potty Training Our neighbor across the street is potty training her little boy, and she was having trouble with it, so she posted … Continue reading
“This Week in Paradise” (Version 1.3)
This marks my third week sick at home, and not coincidentally my third “inside look” at life in the pastor’s home, believed by many in the general public to be “Paradise”. Math Much of the goings on in “Paradise” have to … Continue reading
This Week In Paradise (2nd Edition)
Last week I gave you an intimate look at quirky life inside the pastor’s home. It seemed to be well received (who doesn’t like the inside scoop?), so I decided to write a “second edition” of ordinary events at the preacher’s … Continue reading
This Week In Paradise …
I know that some church members think that everything must be “perfect” at the pastor’s home (you know, just like his kids!) — that it is some kind of terrestrial paradise. Others, I am sure, wonder “what really happens inside the … Continue reading
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