Posts by FOLCAdmin

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Privilege

by FOLCAdmin

“She can preach for a woman.” It is something that has never been said about me and I have been preaching for over 30 years.  I am a man. I know, “Duh!” right? However, what that means is, whenever I stand in front of a new congregation, I don’t have to worry about my speaking […]

Why I am Boycotting the NFL

by FOLCAdmin

I Love football. No really, I Love football. I played it through college, coached it as a parent, and I have watched it for my whole life. I still dream about playing, and I had my last dream about a week and a half ago. I probably play kickball with the energy, drive, and passion […]

You Don’t Have a Backup

by FOLCAdmin

On this past Sunday, Tom Brady won his fifth Super Bowl in a dazzling fashion as he came back from a 25 point deficit to win in overtime.   I hated it!  I am not a Patriots or a Tom Brady fan, but I do recognize that he has a great biographical story.  He was […]

How Cops and Christians are Failing People of Color

by FOLCAdmin

Here we are again. Again we have dead men of color, in our country, at the hands of our cops, while too many Christians sit silent or stand saying the wrong things. Tuesday morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Alton P. Sterling was confronted by cops and that confrontation ended with cops on top of him […]

Beyonce, Black Panthers, and Black Love

by FOLCAdmin

This past Super Bowl weekend, amidst the crowning of the Denver Broncos as Super Bowl Champions, and Von Miller (my homeboy from DeSoto, Tx who went to my high school, DeSoto “U” … ok, I am sorry; I digress) as MVP, there was another significant moment taking place last weekend.  On the Saturday before the […]

Stuck in the Middle

by FOLCAdmin

22) They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. 23) He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Can you […]

Accelerate

by FOLCAdmin

Many of you who know me, know that I drive a lot … a whole lot! I live in Cobb County, pastor a church in Fayetteville, GA, have a child whose school and extra-curricular activities are in Buckhead, and a wife who lives in Winston-Salem, NC. Recently I bought a new car in August and […]

Get Dressed

by FOLCAdmin

So often when I have somewhere to go, or just the option to get out of the house, I find it difficult to want to get up and get dressed. If somehow I could be teleported from my couch or my bed, then all would be fine, but the getting dressed part can sometimes be […]

Start Right to Avoid Ending Wrong

by FOLCAdmin

Like many parents my post Christmas plans included putting together Christmas gifts. Since summer, Bryce has been begging for a mini-motorcycle/dirt bike, and after my initial “child please” reaction …. I caved. Bryce was ecstatic and excited to receive the gift, and just as eager to put it together so that he could ride it. […]

Christmas…Christians…and Refugees

by FOLCAdmin

Last month, the four year Syrian crisis hit home in the United States in a more visible way than ever before.  Governors all across the United States, including the State of Georgia where I live and the State of Texas where I was reared, began protesting the Federal Government’s decision to allow Syrian refugees into […]