Category «Preaching»

So, You Want to be a Preacher?

The new year often provides time for reflection. 2017 will mark 33 years of full-time preaching for me. During those years, I have found myself in quite a few interesting situations. Those who think the life of a preacher must be stuffy and boring need to spend some time with me. I thought I’d share …

Nice Try

Quite possibly, one of the greatest nemeses of a preacher is the “back door” of the church building. You see, it’s at the back door that some of the most hurtful words a preacher will ever hear are spoken. It’s at the back door where “grenades” are lobbed, and the preacher has no other choice …

Worst Thing About Being A Preacher Is…

I absolutely love my job! I can’t imagine doing anything differently with my life. If I had a thousand lives to live, to be whatever I wanted to be, I believe I’d spend them all doing the same thing — preaching the gospel (Well, I might waste one of them being the quarterback for the Pittsburgh …

Still Teaching

On this date [February 21] in 1933, my dad was born in Wetzel County, WV. As I was going through some of dad’s files, reminiscing, I came across a radio script he preached on this same date in 1956. Dad preached it on WMMN in Fairmont, WV. The picture to the left was probably taken close …