preaching

Although the President called for a national day of prayer last Sunday, I am afraid that it was lost in the avalanche of information we were receiving about COVID -19.  It’s still not too late, and I am glad that GAFCON (Global Anglican Futures Conference), a renewal movement within the Anglican Communion, is calling for … Read more

Not that I have any extra time on my hands, (I am busier than I have ever been in ministry), but I am taking the time to look into the Spanish Flu epidemic in Birmingham in 1918.  I am trying to learn what ministry looked like then because the circumstances are eerily similar. Because the Spanish … Read more

Here is a wonderful video about the ministry of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate in London.  It is an encouragement to gospel ministry, not only those who preach, but those who support.  

In the midst of one of the greatest challenges we may ever face in our lifetime, state legislators in Florida have set their sites on who the NCAA Men’s Basketball champion ought to be.  You will be surprised to learn that after much discernment and deliberation, they have decided on the number four ranked team … Read more

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Bishop Sloan has issued a directive that all congregations in the Diocese of Alabama cease public gatherings March 15 through March 29. As such, we will not be gathering at the Advent for corporate worship, Sunday School, Lenten Preaching, Lenten Lunches, or other meetings that might take place … Read more

Continue to pray for our brothers and sisters who suffer because of their faith.  This brother, Ismaeil Maghrebinejad, is an Anglican doing the work of evangelist.  Anglicanism where Christianity is under attack is no staid group of the ‘frozen chosen’, but believer who know what they have been saved from and what they are saved to. Read … Read more

I normally don’t post things like this, but I think it’s an important reminder of how far off track we’ve come as a denomination.  Hopefully, you can read through the polemic.  (I don’t think the Presiding Bishop is the one left holding the bag on this one.  The blame falls squarely on the General Convention … Read more

Though I missed being with you (Advent) this past Sunday, I was very glad to be with brothers and sisters at St. Philip’s Church, Charleston.  I was an associate to Jeff Miller at St. Helena’s, Beaufort, but he is now the rector at St. Philip’s. Hearing Jeff preach reminded me that he may be one … Read more

“There’s nothing better than beating boys while dressed as a turkey.”   This turkey is headed to the Olympics.     READ MORE>>>