Same Old, Same Old?

Same Old, Same Old?

I recently passed one of those “milestone” birthdays divisible by 10. Something about beginning a new decade seems significant – or at least notable enough to merit birthday cards featuring your age in bold letters. I didn’t feel any different. If anything, I was a...

Oh, my achin’ back …

I’m too old for this. Really. But too cheap to hire professional movers. So, with a promising sale of Susan’s house in Macon on the horizon, we spent the weekend packing and cleaning and digging a drainage ditch the inspector wanted and making runs to...

Do You Rest on Former Endeavors or Live in Present?

When columns I have written are used on EthicsDaily.com, there is an identifying line or two at the bottom about who I am: a “former” board member of the Baptist Center for Ethics and a “former” moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship...

Life in the Long Season of Accomplishment

Sermon delivered by Keith Herron, pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., on July 19, 2009. II Samuel 7: 1-14a Since the first of the summer, we’ve been walking with David, the smallest son of Jesse who grew in stature until even today he’s considered...