This was originally written for Evangelicals Today magazine, about nineteen years ago. Since then it has been hidden deep in my archive file (random thoughts), along with piles of other ancient smurrell.com documents, and occasionally re-posted around Christmas time....
Since Christmas movies have been playing all week, I thought it was time to update and post my annual Top 10 Must-See Christmas Movie List. Here’s last year’s list. And here’s my 2011 list: 10. The Family Man (2000) – A modern version of the best Christmas movie ever...
I read a Thanksgiving FB post this morning written by a good friend, an American who lives in Singapore. My friend also happens to be Native American, from the Hopi tribe. That FB post brought back a flood of good memories. Our favorite Thanksgiving ever was the year...
A couple of weeks ago while reading the latest online sports news, I clicked on a link to Dennis Rodman’s NBA Hall of Fame acceptance speech. That 12-minute speech answered a lot of questions about the enigmatic basketball star. After viewing the video twice, I...
I’m back in Nashville after a two-week trip that included ministering to leaders at Every Nation Church in London, visiting my son in Oxford, and training church planters in South Africa. It also included the usual flight delays and monstrous airport security lines....
Here’s another Father’s Day message from the archive. I originally wrote this for Evangelicals Today magazine about twenty years ago. ——————————————- I had just said the last “amen,” dismissing the second-morning worship service. People were still crowding the altar....
