Feb 10, 2015 | Glimpses of Faith |
Many of you remember in the mid-seventies River Road Church, Baptist sponsored the “Sui-Li Family” from Vietnam. The family consisted of mother (Mai), father (Sui), and five children, four boys and one girl ages four to fourteen. Frances and Willis Jones...
Jan 27, 2015 | Glimpses of Faith |
May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:17 From my perspective, God’s provision has always meant God’s ability to create opportunity, to facilitate a path through...
Nov 4, 2014 | Glimpses of Faith
Possibly a Repeating Glimpse of Faith. As a child during the 1940’s I remember the fear that existed for a virus called the poliomyelitis virus. This virus mostly attacked children and required human beings as a host in order to survive. President Franklin Roosevelt...
Oct 21, 2014 | Glimpses of Faith |
In the fall of 1950 I was 16 years old and a sophomore in high school in Odessa, Texas. I lived at home with my mother and dad and my four sisters. We lived on West Mable Street. The street in front of our house was all sand and fairly deep, like the sand you see here...
Oct 7, 2014 | Glimpses of Faith
Serendipity…the unexpected discovery made by happenstance…we all have experienced serendipity. Exactly 300 years ago – in 1714 – English Baptists – the people who often were considered religious outcasts in their own country – certainly non-conformists in the...
May 27, 2014 | Glimpses of Faith |
A beautiful, gently warm fall day – Saturday, 7 September 2013. My wife and I were going to devote the day to fall yard maintenance. It would be the last day that we could make use of the college worker who had spent several summer days helping us with yard work. She...
