NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—Last night, I begrudgingly embarked on the annual tradition of setting up our family Christmas tree. I say begrudgingly because our massive pre-lit tree never seems to work how it’s supposed to. After wrestling the branches into place and hooking...
DETROIT, MICHIGAN—This weekend I was in Detroit ministering with Bishop Marvin Winans at Perfecting Church, a great church in a great city. I’ll probably write more about that in a future blog. My last blog was about parenting lessons from a funeral. This week’s blog...
Me with the Fabregas family at the funeral. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—This past weekend Deborah, William (my oldest son), and I spoke at a parenting seminar at Bethel Brentwood. During the half-day seminar, we talked about the four Es of parenting (sound familiar?) and...
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—Yesterday, Deborah and I celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary. A lot has happened since we were married on August 21, 1982. In 1982, Ferdinand Marcos was the longtime leader of the Philippines, Ronald Reagan was the new president of the United...
My grandson and newest member of the Murrell family,William Stephen Murrell III. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—Last Saturday (July 23), we welcomed into the world the newest member of the Murrell family, William Stephen Murrell III—named after his dad, his grandfather (me),...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES—Because of my latest book, My First, Second & Third Attempts at Parenting, Deborah and I have been doing our “Heart of Parenting” seminars more than ever. During the Q&A portion of the seminars, we are often asked questions about adult...
