Poetry from Buck Bald
I haven’t been to Buck Bald in several years. But in previous years I used to drive up there alone, just to have some quiet time with the Lord. (If you have never been to Buck Bald, it’s worth the drive! At […]
Author: Steve Hall
Steve serves as chaplain and teacher at Cross Creek Christian School in Sweetwater, TN. He previously taught math, physics, and ACT prep in public high schools in Tennessee and Texas. He has served churches in Tennessee, Florida, and Texas as minister of education, associate pastor, and senior pastor.
Thoughts for Dads–From a Dad
Fathers Day, 2009 Here are a few Fathers Day thoughts, arranged in no particular order, that I am praying might help all of us dads do a little better job as we try to carry out our monumental assignment of being the […]
Coming Up Soon! Just Ahead!–Eternity
I want to encourage you to use your memory for a few moments. Can you remember a time when you were eagerly looking forward to an event that seemed it would never arrive? Time seemed to move so slowly! I’m thinking of […]
Have You Been Skipping Church?
Attending church can be a challenge, can’t it? Sunday morning may be our only chance to sleep in. Worship services may take a big bite out of our free time. Going to church can take away precious recreation time. Maybe we are […]
Can You Tell Me Why You Believe that?
The world is full of people who have very stong opinions about current cultural, theological, philosophical, and world-view issues. The truth is that all of us (Yes, A-L-L of us!) have a world view! I was astonished the other day when Dr. […]
Are You Tweeting?
Twitter is turning out to be a great way for people who care about each other to stay in touch. A few months ago, most of our family signed up for twitter. Parts of our family are in California, Texas, South Carolina, […]
The Struggle to Keep the Good Habits
Habits are strange things, aren’t they? It seems so easy to fall into bad habits! And so difficult to stop them! But it seems so difficult to keep the good ones going! And so easy to stop them! I have previously posted […]
Meditation? or Meditation?
We are often encouraged to spend less time talking with God and more time listening to God. But sometimes I wonder if people really understand what it means to listen. Perhaps we give the impression that listening is sort of like trying […]
Care for Some Turkish Delight?
One of the many wonderful spiritual lessons embedded in The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis) is found in the first encounter of Edmund with the White Witch (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe). The witch magically produces some tasty candy (Turkish […]
How about a New Wide-Screen HDTV?
How would you feel if someone said to you, I have a surprise for you! I would like to give you a new wide-screen HDTV! How would you react? Most of us would be very excited! We might even jump up and […]