May 28, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, May 28.
On May 28, 1936, something radical happened that would change the world. Alan Mathison Turing, a 23-year-old student at Cambridge University in England, published a paper titled "On Computable Numbers." In this paper he described a device that would come to be called "The Turing Machine." We have a different name for it today... the computer.
Today at 11AM our community will gather at our historic courthouse to commemorate Memorial Day. A program of music and presentations and traditions will be hosted by our VFW in the courtroom. At the close the crowd will move to the flag plaza for the playing of Taps. A memorable moment. A time to remember.
May 21, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, May 21.
Today at 5:30, the Men's Ministry of First Baptist Center will host a community fish fry. That reminds me of another fish fry, found in the final chapter of the Gospel of John.
Our pastor is preaching a sermon series through the mighty Twelfth Chapter of Romans. It is a powerhouse passage where the Apostle Paul lays out a blueprint for living the Christian life. Just like these Daily Devotions, you can read Romans 12 in about two minutes, and I encourage you to do that today.
May 16, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Thursday, May 16.
When these Daily Devotions began in March of 2020, my audience was primarily the members of our church choir. And so, looking back, many of those first little thoughts were stories behind hymns. God has blessed by expanding our readership and broadening our audience, and so I don't write about hymns as much now. But the stories are still interesting and powerful. Here's one.
May 15, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Wednesday, May 15.
Four years ago, this week, our church was preparing for a very important Sunday. We were opening our worship center back up to the public after the Covid pandemic shutdown. What a long, strange trip that had been. During that time, like most churches, we were broadcast only. A "skeleton crew" of about a dozen people would come to the church each Sunday morning to send out a Bible lesson and a worship service.