School starts soon and I will begin a new sermon series on making significant changes in life. The title is: “Transformed: The Art of Living Differently.” The beginning of the school year is a great time to talk about changing life for the better. I enjoy preaching from a series. Even though this is not […]
‘Lagniappe’
Leading the Church
Each year First Baptist Church elects twelve men to serve as deacons for a two year period. These twelve men join the twelve elected the previous year to make up the deacon body of First Baptist Church. At FBC deacons have the responsibility to jealousy guard the unity of the church and to lead it […]
August @ FBC
Mark Your Calendar! Public schools begin in less than a month. It’s time to get back on a schedule and look at the opportunities that a new school year brings. I hope that you will make this August like the beginning of the new year—a time to reflect about where we are in our relationship […]
Getting Ready for July
Several years ago the leadership of First Baptist Church insisited that Martha and I take some time to be away to “renew and refresh.” We had resisted the idea for a number of years. For some strange reason, taking a month away did not seem like the thing to do (what was I thinking?). After the […]
Summer @ FBC
I probably don’t have to remind you how busy and hectic the summer can be. Public schools in St. Tammany Parish are only seven weeks from starting up again. Isn’t this the first week of summer? Summer is a large part of what we want to accomplish at FBC. Let’s discuss our plan for doing ministry. First, we […]
I am the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Covington, Louisiana, a position that I have held since 1989.