Soteriological Implications of Personal Pain

As It Relates To The Cross

Note: This paper was written two months after the passing of my wife, Ezelle, from cancer. My good friend from Seminary, Reverend Frankie Tanner, suggested I write this paper to help me through my grief. I did not want to write this, but my pain was so great I had to try something. Writing this paper helped me and enabled me to move forward with my life and take on the role of being a single parent. This paper was written...

Hospital Chaplain

In 1984, while serving as an adjunct chaplain at a local hospital, I met a man of rare quality. I was working the Saturday rotation and received a call to go to the emergency room. As I made my way to the Emergency Room, I prayed that God would remove me from the site and yet use my voice for His purpose. When I arrived at the nurses’ station, I asked about the need.

“We have a man who was brought in here drunk. He has a blood alcohol level of 32%, which is very high. The...

Mom's Biscuits

Have you ever smelled homemade biscuits cooking in the oven? I am guessing you have not. Do not feel bad that that is not a cherished memory of yours. We have become a different world, and few folks actually make biscuits. No, today we open a can of biscuits that Pillsbury made, and we cook them according to the instructions on the can. Those biscuits are great, and I eat them myself, but I remember the smell of biscuits cooking in the oven, and canned biscuits from Pillsbury do...

I am already working on my next novel, Whispers of Hope. This book is a continuation of my book, A Walk Among Heroes. In this book, I go deep into my time after serving in the...

Whispers of Hope continues where A Walk Among Heroes leaves off. Pick spends more time with the spirits on the Gettysburg Battlefield but this time, he talks with the men who...

Who Should Say, I Am Sorry

I am sorry that when I registered to vote, I chose the party my parents had claimed many years before when they had become of age. I apologize for not caring enough about our country to determine my political affiliation based on my passions, interests, and knowledge of world events. I am sorry I took the easy, uneducated way out when making that critically important decision. I am most apologetic for not realizing after I had matured more that my decision had been...

Governmental Politics should include a reasonable debate between our political parties to reach a consensus on any given issue. That is my interpretation, not a dictionary version. Most Americans see this as what they feel politics should be. However, this is not how politics is carried out in the United States.

In the United States, everything is done on the world stage. All of our enemies know how divided we are. Each party is determined to maintain dominance in our House and Senate. The...