To live and to love by the grace of God
We used to sleep in the same bed together, my two brothers and me, on Christmas Eve. That alone was a Christmas miracle, given the fact that the other 364 days of the year would find us plotting ways to hurt one another. I remember BB gun fights, where we were running around the woods, … Continue reading Christmas Is a Time for Memories
Dr. Ben Carson was in town a number of years ago, and he spoke at Elon University. Dr. Carson, now the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, was then the world’s most famous pediatric neurosurgeon, the first to successfully separate Siamese twins who were joined at the head. Carson told us in Whitley … Continue reading What Do You Mean, “I Can’t?”
I remember those early Saturday mornings in the summertime when the kids were little and we were all loaded up in the car and headed to Holden for a week of vacation. You couldn’t do much more to increase my joy at that moment. But if the kids wanted to just send me over the … Continue reading Go Ahead and Move to Humility
When I wrote that title it took me back to a pastors’ conference I attended years ago. Pastors are an insecure bunch. I met one at this conference who, I promise, two seconds after he found out my name and where our church is located, looked at me and said, “So, how many you runnin’ … Continue reading When a Lame Beggar Ran in Church
There is a curve in the road about 4 miles from our house that I travel through nearly every day. And there are almost always skid marks in the road, and the grass on the shoulder is often in various states of disrepair. Drivers who go too fast there will mishandle the curve and skid … Continue reading Build your character, not your resume
J. Mark Fox 