Murray Church

          I am out of the office for a short time. This post will be back next Monday.

            I have a confession to make. As with most statements that begin like this, it is something of which I am not proud. When I was a young youth pastor, we lived in a home that was in the middle of our small town on the main street. To be accessible to my ministry … [Read more…]

            It is safe to assume that we all share a common experience. At some point in our lives, we have suffered emotional or physical pain inflicted by another person. When this pain is intentional, it can be hard to get over. In these situations, it is often difficult to offer forgiveness to those who … [Read more…]

            Over the past weeks, we have discussed many responsibilities of a godly man. These included how we respond biblically to relationships within our family and others, both in the Church and outside. These are all important, but in truth, none of them are even possible if we don’t first learn to honor God and … [Read more…]

            On Palm Sunday at Murray Church, we discussed what Jesus meant in Matthew 21:13a, where he said, “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,” This is not simply a call for more time of prayer when we meet on Sunday Morning. But it is a challenge for … [Read more…]

            I have heard an account of a situation that supposedly took place in the lives of  Jewish prisoners in the concentration camps of World War II. I don’t know if it is simply legend or actually happened. It states that men were given wheel borrows and taken to a large pile of rocks. They … [Read more…]

            I am not a great athlete, but there are some activities that I’ve enjoyed over the years. As a kid, I played a lot of baseball, mostly sandlot stuff in my neighborhood. While in college, a friend got me interested in golf and I played for several years. I have enough experience to know … [Read more…]

          “For I have seen violence and strife in the city. Day and night they go around it on its walls; iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it. Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.” These could be headlines in a newspaper today. But actually they are … [Read more…]

            A few years ago, there was a TV commercial that depicted a father and his young son leaving a baseball field. In all honesty, I can’t tell you what was being advertised. But what caught my attention was he interaction between the two characters. The son is carrying a trophy that is inscribed with … [Read more…]

            I have been called many names in my life; some I won’t repeat here! I am called Pastor by many. I am Uncle Mike to some, Pappy to five, and my wife also has some names she uses which will remain private. But of all the names used for me, one that I love … [Read more…]