... . It was a letter sitting on a nearby table. The letter was addressed to his son. Pastor Perry knew the letter was his son's property and not for dad's curious eyes. And so Perry fought the desire to read it. But the longer he sat in the easy chair reading the ... substitute their intellectual musings for simple faith--and they go off in all kinds of directions. Most of us would agree that Thomas Jefferson was one of the most brilliant men who ever lived, but it would be a mistake to buy into Jefferson's ...
... make an on-course adjustment in our pattern of life and ministry. Now comes my second personal testimony. I don’t know who Thomas Fuller is, but I owe him an enthusiastic expression of gratitude. He provided a warning that has become a kind of motto for me ... it is perspective and signify why that admonition is so meaningful to me. I grew up in rather severe poverty in Perry County, Mississippi. My mother and father did not go to high school. I felt myself culturally, socially, and intellectually, as well ...
... salespersons. I soon discovered the reason. There were two men in the store whom we would describe in the language of Perry County, Mississippi as “dog drunk.” They were doing their Christmas shopping and I learned that they were brothers – and were being ... jealous God. it is only as we pay attention an ongoing way that we touch with our identity and calling. That’s what Thomas Merton was doing when he asked himself the probing question, “Who am I?” and gave that poignant answer, “I am myself, a ...
... dad is 75 years old and lives with my 76 year old Mom in Perry County, Mississippi. Now if you have not been to Perry County, you haven’t really missed anything n the way of exciting life or ... , Carefully put together in my mother‘s womb, When I was growing there in secret, You knew that I was there — — You saw me before I was born” Thomas Merton asked, “What am I?” and answered, “I am myself a word spoken by God.” I-low we perceive ourselves, who we think ourselves to be, determines the ...
... specifically later because it is all connected, and is a part of my sermon. You have noted the sermon title. It is a quote by Thomas Fuller: “Let not Your will Roar, when Your power can but Whisper.” (Ernie Larson and Carol Hagerty, Believing In Myself, Prentice Hall, 1991) Now ... share some pages from my own life’s story. Many of you know I grew up in severe poverty down in Perry County, Mississippi. My mother and father didn’t go to high school – they didn’t even finish elementary school. I found ...
