November 20, 2025
I pulled up a video of one of my former professors, Rev. Dr. Newell Williams, who went on to become President at Brite Divinity School from 2003 - 2022 (new President is Rev. Dr. Stephen Cady, who preached at CCCC during my sabbatical). I had...
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November 19, 2025
I’ve always been captivated by the simple yet profound words of Mother Teresa, including, “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” I’m certain there are examples of people who went from zero to full-speed...
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21.11.2025 04:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 18, 2025
On Sunday morning, as I was running from my Bagels with Bruce to the office to prepare to preach at the Traditional Service, Guy Johnson Jr. came over to give me a hug just outside the office door. I know his hugs always come with prayer...
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19.11.2025 02:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Prayer for the Week: We offer our prayer to you, O God of Miracles. Today, we do not pray for the little things, though they are deserving of our attention and our best wishes. Today, we bring our focus upon those things that deeply trouble the world, grieving...
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19.11.2025 02:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 16, 2025
Yesterday, I attended a gathering of churches that participated in the Woodlands Pride Event last month. It was a wonderful and very helpful conversation, as each congregation is in a different place in its journey. In some situations, the...
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17.11.2025 04:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 15, 2025
There is a word used in a lot of Christian circles these days. The word is deconstruction, or specifically the deconstructing of faith. A lot of people who grew up in what they might now call an unhealthy or damaging form of Christianity find...
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15.11.2025 22:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 14, 2025
James Fowler is still considered the guru of faith development, even though he died ten years ago. He was a professor at Emory University in Atlanta. For Fowler, there were six stages in faith development, plus a “pre-stage,” which is birth...
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15.11.2025 05:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 13, 2025
So yesterday, I was standing next to someone who said, “Tomorrow is Friday the 13th!” There was definitely some spookiness in her voice. The third person standing there said, “No, it’s not! It’s Thursday the 13th.” The person who had...
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14.11.2025 01:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 12, 2025
A few years ago, I encountered a young person who asked me if Jesus had bad breath. Before I could respond, one of the adults in the room intervened with a bit of indignation, asserting, “The Son of God does not have bad breath.” What...
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November 11, 2025
A political advisor by the name of Del Bigtree said in the last couple of days, “God is an anti-vaxxer, and he needs you to speak up.” Now, without allowing my emotion to burst forth in a mix of laughter and rage, let me address the...
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12.11.2025 03:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 10, 2025
Prayer for the Week: For all the good work being done in your name, O Merciful God, we shout: Thank you! For all the acts of kindness that reflect your heart, we sing songs of thanksgiving. For all the expressions of generosity that change...
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11.11.2025 03:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 9, 2025
As I have been meeting with the Board and Staff of the Christian Church Foundation, I must confess feeling a bit awestruck by these folks—smart, talented, insightful, and often raising good questions about things that slid right past me. At...
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10.11.2025 03:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 8, 2025
I am currently in Tulsa, OK, for the Christian Church Foundation Board Meeting. Yesterday afternoon, I went back to my hotel room during a break, and I flipped on the TV. It was the last 10 minutes of the 2012 movie, “The Best Exotic Marigold...
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09.11.2025 05:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 7, 2025
I’m going to request your prayers as we seriously begin the Search & Call process for an ordained youth minister. We are immensely blessed to have Rev. Amber Mattingly to serve as our Interim Youth Minister. She has her first official meeting...
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08.11.2025 04:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 6, 2025
So yesterday, I was driving through Oklahoma City, on my way to a Board Meeting of the Christian Church Foundation. On the outskirts of OKC, I noticed a billboard that said, “Jolly Goat Garage Doors.” I did a double take as I initially thought...
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07.11.2025 02:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 5, 2025
Have you ever thought about the gap between what is easily forgiven and what you find nearly impossible to forgive? To be honest, I had not really pondered it before, yet a few weeks back, I was listening to a podcast and something the person...
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06.11.2025 02:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 4, 2025
As a minister, I often encounter awe-inspiring moments within the church that are either challenging to share or, due to confidentiality, I simply cannot disclose. Yet despite the difficulties, I want to express my profound astonishment and...
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05.11.2025 03:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 3, 2025
Because of the way we do worship, with me running between services, I have not actually participated in the naming of the Saints in worship for five or six years. Though each year, I take the time to watch both services, specifically listening...
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04.11.2025 04:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 2, 2025
There is a florist on Louetta Road that has a sign outside that reads:
God Bless America
Help Wanted
I’m pretty sure we are to read those as two separate statements, but since I’ve understood the phrase, “God Bless America” as a sort of...
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03.11.2025 04:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
November 1, 2025
According to the Prophet Isaiah, “It will be said: ‘Survey, survey; build a road! Remove barriers from my people's road’” (57:14). I have never personally built a road, yet my guess is that without the proper knowledge or tools, such a task...
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01.11.2025 22:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October 30, 2025
Last night at youth group, as I was walking out with both youth and some adult sponsors, I shouted, “Thanks everyone!” My smart watch heard what I said, and it responded, “You’re welcome!” I had to laugh, because the youth and adult were all...
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31.10.2025 02:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October 29, 2025
I might be naive or overconfident or totally off my rocker, but I believe Cypress Creek Christian Church has been forming itself for a moment like this. Let me be clear—when I speak of “forming itself,” I am wanting us to acknowledge and...
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30.10.2025 03:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October 28, 2025
The author and speaker, Beth Moore, wrote about what it means to follow Jesus, specifically pointing out an important distinction one should make. She wrote, “Following the commands of Christ is not just about behavior. Behavior modification...
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30.10.2025 02:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October 27, 2025
For strength and passion and resilience—these three I pray for this day. Holy One, I am not seeking strength for the purpose of bullying; I am not seeking passion to be an angry zealot; I am not...
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30.10.2025 02:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October 26, 2025
Yesterday, I had some of the most meaningful conversations I’ve had in recent memory. Cypress Creek Christian Church had a booth at the Pride Event in the Woodlands. Because of the weather, it was moved indoors. The Marriott opened its...
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27.10.2025 03:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October 25, 2025
Tomorrow, we will conclude the worship series focusing on our Core Values, and specifically how they can help take us into 2026 and beyond. Each week, I have attempted to reference a rather traditional Christian idea (fellowship, hospitality...
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26.10.2025 00:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October 24, 2025
The things that sportscasters say never cease to amaze me. There are words that resonate for decades, like the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games when ABC sportscaster Al Michaels said, “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” And then...
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October 23, 2025
Where will Cypress Creek Christian Church be in twenty years? I am not a soothsayer of all things, not even church things. And my faith, unlike others, does not necessarily believe that if you say something in faith, then God will make it come...
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24.10.2025 01:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October 22, 2025
Many of you heard the announcement on Sunday, but in case you did not, let me share the exciting news. A family in the church has agreed to give an additional gift, enough that will allow CCCC to hire a full-time ordained minister to give...
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23.10.2025 02:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October 21, 2025
Some folks who attended the memorial service on Saturday asked me about the opening words of my homily. I shared how I believe grief is love trying to find its bearings after loss. Grief is love trying to locate itself after being turned...
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