Opening the Floodgates: Reflections on Alcohol

Opening the Floodgates: Reflections on Alcohol

In my experience, few people are as annoying about sobriety as an adult convert to evangelical Christianity. Conversely, I have yet to find anyone more obnoxious about their love for drinking than someone who grew up and moved away from a religious environment that...

Exiting Homelessness Requires an Individual Journey

My daughter and I participated recently in a “Sleep Out” event on the grounds of St James’ Church in Piccadilly in London. The event was a fundraiser for my organization, West London Mission, a Methodist nonprofit working to address homelessness in...

Starting Over

A sermon by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. November 17, 2013 Isaiah 65:17-25 What do you say to help someone who is at the lowest point in their life? This was the daunting challenge facing the prophet as he penned these words in the...

Who Knows You Better than Anyone Else?

A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, Smoke Rise Baptist Church, Stone Mountain, Ga., on July 17, 2011. Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 Who knows you better than anyone else? I asked that question one time in a Bible study and a man quickly responded, “My dog.” That...