Everything that blooms in Middle Tennessee is blooming right now – apparently. I’m mad about it, because it’s not Spring yet, and I pay a heavy price with allergies when stuff starts blooming. I’d rather only go through that once a year, but this year, we are having a “fake spring,” which means I’ll have […]
A One-Way Conversation? – by Mike Harland
I wish I had a video of this conversation. I was seated on a plane as we were boarding for an on-time departure. A man who looked to be about my age approached my row and informed me that he had the window seat and so I got up to let him in. That’s when this conversation […]
Playing Catch With Bob Feller – by Mike Harland
Any baseball fan who knows the history of the game knows the name, Bob Feller. He was a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians with the most respected fastball during his era. And, one day, I played catch with him. My college coach, Boo Ferriss, who played for the Boston Red Sox, […]
Good Day – by Mike Harland
These are strange times in which we are living and this passage from the Gospel of Mark reads like this morning’s newspaper: When you see the abomination of desolation…let the reader understand…For those will be days of tribulation, the kind that hasn’t been from the beginning of creation until now and never will be again. […]
Where Did Mercy Go? – by Mike Harland
It was a chain reaction on Interstate 65 South during rush hour traffic. Car #1 comes up suddenly on a truck and brakes abruptly. Car #2 slams on the brakes but still hits Car #1 from behind, then comes to a complete stop on a road where the speed limit is 70 MPH. Car #3 […]
The Only Constant Is Change – By Mike Harland
Take a mental picture of your life right now. Include your spouse, kids, vocation, boss, hobbies, and health. As you look over the picture, pause and thank God for it all right now because it’s all going to change. Change is a constant, but it always comes as a shock to us. the student who […]
Food Critics and Beggars – By Mike Harland
I had the occasion one day to be in a room with a group of people who were discussing a recent worship experience they had shared. In the room were mostly seasoned worship veterans with one exception – a younger associate had accompanied his leader to the gathering. It went something like this – “I […]
Multi-Colored Grace – By Mike Harland
“Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.” (I Peter 4:10, CSB) One of my favorite preachers and best friends through the years, Wayne Barber, had a great story he used to illustrate I Peter 4:10. Wayne had taken a job working […]
When You Can’t Find the Words – By Mike Harland
Whenever we attempt to describe God, we come face to face with the reality that we don’t have a vocabulary adequate enough for the task. We can’t describe God – He is indescribable. Sometimes a place or a picture can help us. Recently, I was back on the campus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary […]
3 Portraits of Christ in His Genealogies – By Mike Harland
This Christmas, I’ve been working through the genealogies of Jesus found in Matthew and Luke’s Gospels. I have been struck by all the pictures of Jesus imbedded in the list of names in both lists. Here are three of my favorite expressions you see in the gallery of names in these collections – A […]
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