When I think about all the life lessons I learned on my dad’s farm, the question he asked me late in the day 60 years ago still lingers in my heart. Although I have written about this in a previous TGN’s, God brought it back to me this morning. Today it’s hard to have a …
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Law of the Farm: What’s In Your Field?
If you don’t know what to look for, you will probably notice it. You may even ignore it but not my dad. It was an enemy...a cancer to be eliminated at first sighting. Dad was a shepherd to his crops. From the time the field was planted until harvest he watched over it. I remember …
God School: The Standard
Do you trust the tape measure in your drawer to be the same 12 inches as the one at Home Depot? What if you learned that a renowned school of engineering had studied the “foot rule” and “the scholars” had determined a foot was now going to be 10 inches, would you change? When the …
God Sschool: BSF Camp Fire Time
My favorite part of deer hunting was the campfire. I still savor the feeling of the warmth of the fire…watching the sparks and cinders fly up to the sky as we focused on the fire men bonded. For over forty years I hunted with my “bestest” friend Richard, his dad, and his brother. They went …
God School: “Stinkin’ Thinkin'”?
Have you ever noticed how a smell recalls a memory? I can walk into a house and smell fresh baked cookies, BAM, I think of my mom. You open the old gym bag you forgot about… BAM, the sweaty gear & socks you forgot about reminds you of your high school locker room 50 years …
Law of the Farm: Crop Management
Harvest reveals the brutal truth of how well you managed your crop. While there are uncontrollable variables of weather, pests & disease, a farmer must manage his time & money… choices to maximize his harvest value. In the Law of the Farm this fundamental Core Value is set out in Geneses 2:15, “The Lord God …
God School: They Came Hungry…Ready To Start
They came to be together again after a long hot summer. They came because they have found the joy of sharing the unifying power of God’s Word. And they came to eat manly food… and did they ever. Thursday night was like old-time country “Dinner on the Grounds.” Men brought pulled pork from their smokers, …
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God School: And Mom Named Him “Pain”
It’s your first day of school. The teacher is calling roll. “Is Pain here this morning?” This name follows you all through your life…you are Pain because you momma named you Pain. How would you have handled being called Pain all your life? Do you think you would have become a negative person? Very few …
God School: The Story Of…
Yesterday was one of the biggest days in Arkansas. The Grand Opening of Buc-ee’s in Benton. All four Little Rock television stations were there to broadcast as the doors opened at 6am. People had been in line for hours… some even brought a tent for the overnight adventure. In the coming days there will be …
God School: Finding The Missing Piece
One “Life Lesson” I learned in God School classroom. It was one morning watching a man put a 1,000-piece puzzle together. He was incredible. He could put a puzzle together in a few hours. On this morning, I watched from a distance as he looked at the picture on the box cover… then looked down …
