I repost this blog about this time every year. Since I’m such a traditional guy, here it is again. On January 28, 2002, at 9:00 p.m., my dad breathed his last breath and slipped from time into eternity. He was seventy-four years old. He had been in and out of the...
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...
Here’s my 2010 must-see top 10 Christmas movie list: 10. Christmas Vacation (1989) – Every family has a Cousin Eddie. 9. White Christmas (1954) – I’m still dreaming. 8. Elf (2003) – Opening scene with Sr Elf, Bob Newhart, reading the intro story is worth the price of...
Even though it has been a few weeks since my last blog, I have not retired. I have been channeling all my writing energy into my new book, ACCIDENTAL MISSIONARY: THE UNEXPECTED ADVENTURE OF MAKING DISCIPLES, which will (hopefully) be released in a few weeks at...
Getting in the Christmas spirit is easy in the Philippines because we hear Christmas music and see Christmas decorations starting in September. So, for those of you not in the land of eternal Christmas, who need help getting into the spirit of the season, I suggest...
Thanksgiving. America’s national day of gluttony. And football. And family reunions. I’m visiting the family—brothers and sisters, in-laws, cousins—at the Murrell family lake house in Mississippi. Here’s my 2009 top ten Thanksgiving Day list: 1. My Lord and Savior,...
