Inside Steve’s Brain – On the Road Again

Inside Steve’s Brain – On the Road Again

– Great weekend. Nothing like watching my sons on the tennis court. Got sunburned. Sunscreen is for women and children. Men don’t use it. We burn and peel. Lipscomb played Kennesaw State on Friday and Mercer on Saturday. Lost both, but James played good tennis, so all...
A Christmas Eve Disaster

A Christmas Eve Disaster

WARNING: Long Christmas blog. This was originally written for Evangelicals Today mag, seventeen years ago. Since then it has been hidden deep in my archives, along with piles of other ancient stevemurrell.com blogs. I thought some of you, especially those with small...
A Christmas Eve Disaster

On Success in Life and Ministry

Every Nation Winter Conference Notes and Quotes (part 2) Three days in Jacksonville, Florida, with 180 American pastors, church planters, and campus missionaries. Great time of worship and fellowship. Here are some notes and quotes from day two on success in life and...
A Christmas Eve Disaster

Tuesday Top 10 List – Thanksgiving

American Thanksgiving. Turkey Day. National Day of Gluttony. Here’s my ’08 THX list: 10. My stuff. Shallow, yes. Nevertheless, I’m thankful for my MNL apt, my Nash home, my MacBook Air, my iPhone, my Kobold, my (future) FatBob, and lots of other stuff that is...
A Christmas Eve Disaster

He Was Too Young to Die

For the past five years, Jess Puertollano came to our Manila apartment every Friday and turned our sixteenth-floor kitchen into an art studio. In that kitchen, he discovered and mentored the artist that was hiding inside our youngest son. We never expected an artist...
A Christmas Eve Disaster

Thx Dad, See You in Heaven

Here’s my annual Father’s Day post. It was originally published in Evangelicals Today magazine. I am also posting it on my ‘accidental missionary‘ site. On January 28, 2002, at 9:00 p.m., my dad breathed his last breath and slipped from time into eternity. He was...