Heaven Bound

When launching PRN Pastor, my goal was to make a concerted effort to post a weekly message to my readers. Life, however, often takes us, as it did this past week, on unexpected journeys. Sunday before last, we received the news that the senior member of our former home-church Church family had been promoted, at […]

Subjects Of Blame

I have often said and heard it said: If you a point a finger, there are three pointing back at you. The origin of this snippet of wisdom is believed to be Native American, specifically Navajo.  In referring to a human being, the Navajo people use the word, bílaʼashdlaʼii, which translates to the five-fingered one. […]

Remnants

Donna and I have lived next door to our neighbor, Danielle, since moving into our present home in October 1984.  In a recent conversation with Donna, Danielle told of a pianist who was admitted to the same senior home at which Danielle’s mother, Mary Ruth, was a resident. Since childhood, the pianist had volunteered and […]

Letting Go

Donna’s and my former home-church; Woodstock United Methodist Church in Woodstock, Alabama; was where I was baptized and later became a church member for the very first time. Spanning nearly four decades, we experienced the best of times and worst of times at this little white church perched atop the hill.  We were not only […]