let your light shine

December 15, 2019
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Jesus calls us to be the light of the world. To lead people out of the darkness and into His wonderful light. A couple years ago I was delivering Christmas gift bags to shut-ins. One of the houses I stopped at no one was home, so I left a message on the answering machine. A few hours later a lady called, anxious for me to deliver the gift. I was going by her house later that evening and told her I could drop it off then. When I pulled up to the house it was dark inside. The whole neighborhood was dark because of a power outage. When the door …..

February 23, 2015
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Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at two churches in the Decatur area. The second church was a small country church. Nothing against the newer churches, but the older churches have so much character. If only the walls could talk. As the service began I waited for the acolyte (altar boy) to come in and light the candles on the altar. The altar boy turned out to be an elderly man. As he walked down the aisle you could see his flame was about to go out. As he passed the second to the last pew the flame went out, but if you looked close you could see …..