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My "little" brother Mark Hodges (member here) is in the hospital. He will have an arteriogram tomorrow. He is very weak and they have now narrowed it down to the heart at this point. Please keep him in your prayers. Lee Continue

Recently I sat down with the editor and owner of a Christian newspaper. We discussed many different topics but when we hit on one that was close to my heart, I really got going. I think you can recognize someone’s passion by the way they talk about it. I began to talk about the church and the call to be the hands and feet of Jesus. To make a long story short, the owner and editor of the paper has given me the opportunity to contribute a column to the paper entitled Hands and Feet. I am excited… Continue

All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. Galatians 2:10

I was preparing for a message on living by the Spirit this past Sunday and I couldn’t help but think about this verse. So matter of fact from Paul isn’t it? In the first part of Galatians he spends time talking about his calling and how it happened and how his theology developed when he discusses his arrival at Jerusalem. He meets with the leaders of the chu… Continue

Today, at my oldest son's wedding, I will read the blessing which I reproduce below. He has chosen well, and his wife is a fine, lovely Christian woman. It seems but a flash that was 22 years ago, and I was holding this little guy in one hand, now he is 6'4" and quite grown up. I am proud of his success and this will be a wonderful day to start his joint journey with his bride. Let us pray. Eternal God, Creator and Preserver of all life, Author of salvation, and Giver of all grace: Loo… Continue

You know John Dobbs is an interesting guy. I would say that no one would even know about this place if it were not for him. He has a wonderful heart and a great sense of humor. Humor is no where to be found today. He lost his son two days before his graduation. A terrible accident on a strip of highway in Louisiana. Please keep John, his wife Margaret and all the family in your prayers at this time. I had the honor of meeting his son this year at a workshop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. You could clearl… Continue

Do you know of someone with a passion? No really any passion. I know of a woman who loves to cook so what do you think she is trying to do? She started thinking about all of the students on government supported lunches who will have not free school meal during the summer. She said to herself, what can we do for these children because often times they go hungry during the summer months. Now it is a daunting task, feeding every child in a community and her church simply doesn't have the resources… Continue

I grew up attending a church that stressed that faith was more than just words, it was actions. They talked a lot about the fact that it couldn't be faith only and they used James 2:24. Okay, but it also seems that they used that more to argue theology than anything practical or connected to the text. In context the verse is talking about actions that help those without. In James 2:14-17 you find that the actions that James is discussing are those that help others in need. He specifically talks… Continue