"A pastor's small son was told by his mother that he should WASH HIS HANDS because there were germs living in all that dirt. He refused and complained, 'Germs and Jesus! Germs and Jesus! That's all I ever hear around here, and I've haven't seen either one!'" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL

Preached at St Mark United Methodist Church in Anniston, AL 8-25-24

"Turning away from him, ignoring his words because they're just too hard to understand is not profitable, not life-sustaining. IF YOU DON'T GET IT TODAY, HANG AROUND. You might get it tomorrow."

"In the midst of God's actions, there is something that begins to take place. We begin to believe that God's activity is for our benefit, AND WE BECOME ACTIVE, AS WELL."

"II believe the resurrected Christ steps through closed and locked doors and comes into this place when we share in this body and blood and remember what he did for us and for the whole world he so loves. When he arrives, he satisfies." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL 8-4-24

"He's the one we can trust to come and display his authority, if necessary, for our good. He's the one we can trust to be our Shepherd, our Lord, our Savior, our comforter and our friend." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL

"The issue isn't about getting the king's attention. Such attention is simple evidence that something is happening. Is there evidence of things happening among us, and who's attention are we getting?" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Things do happen in a series of moments, in a day and can be captured for posterity in a snapshot. Quite often, those snapshots don't end up in an album or the hard drive of your phone, but, rather in our hearts and memories. It is the will and way of God to impact us in a moment with eternal ramifications." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL

"The suffering woman and Jairus are not living out of a faith of practice, but out of A FAITH OF UNRELENTING PURSUIT." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL

"That's a good place to be, overwhelmed in awe, while their faith grows like a crop soon to be harvested, a faith that results in GREAT BIG THINGS." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL