If you have not yet read Tom Jones’ recently posted article on my blogsite, I encourage you to do so. It’s quite the article! Also, I appreciate those of you who then post the articles to your friends. Sheila Jones’ article just now posted provides an amazing example of something I have encouraged strongly from the beginning of my blog.
I have said repeatedly that I want to help my white friends understand the world of our black friends, and to help my black friends live in their world with spiritual perspectives. For Sheila, talking to her current black friends about their world wasn’t enough. She wanted to know what life was really like for black people her age growing up where she grew up, in racially segregated Sheffield, Alabama.
The lengths to which she went to discover that are most inspiring and touching. I couldn’t read Tom’s article without crying and I can’t read Sheila’s without doing the same. But the tears are good tears, tears which cleanse the soul. Please read her article (and Tom’s if you haven’t yet) and pass them on to your friends! ... See MoreSee Less
4 weeks ago ·
As promised a couple of days ago, I have posted an article by Tom Jones on my racial-topics blogsite. The one by his wife, Sheila, will follow in another couple of days. I first met Tom in 1983 when we were both speaking in a conference in California. In fact, we were randomly placed in the same hotel room for the conference. The first night we talked into the wee hours of the night and became fast friends from that point forward. I doubt anyone knows Tom better than I do except his wife.
Yet, in his article I learned a number of new things about him. As he describes his childhood in Alabama and beyond, I can promise you that his article is one of the most intriguing you will read this year. His honesty and vulnerability will draw you into his world and to him as a person. Be sure to read the second footnote as well, because it contains a bit of Civil Rights history of which most are unaware.
PS – just a reminder that an app for this blogsite is available for both Apple and Android phones (free)! ... See MoreSee Less
4 weeks ago ·
In my FB posts and in my articles on my websites, I often mention books by me or by others. As a result, people from outside the US write to say that they cannot obtain the books locally and wonder what the solution might be. Thankfully, there is a solution. Most of the books I mention are published by Illumination Publishers. The majority of IPI books are now available in electronic form, often in more than one format (Apple/ePub and Kindle, for example). The website address is ipibooks.org ... See MoreSee Less
1 month ago ·
As promised a short time ago, here is the second article to which I referred – a deeper one theologically. I will be 77 in a few months and am obviously getting close to the time when I meet God. Like most of us in my age group, we think a fair amount about what I have called “Life’s end-game.” Although we shouldn’t obsess about it, neither should we avoid it. This article describes a realization I had about the big picture of life and death that has helped me accept the inevitability of aging and dying. Since that realization has really helped me, I pray that it might help you. Read and enjoy! ... See MoreSee Less
Life’s End-Game, and the Greatest Story Ever Told! | Gordon Ferguson
Life’s End-Game, and the Greatest Story Ever Told! Aging and death are realities of life on planet earth, and those realities are viewed by virtually all of us as negative, usually very negative. From the perspective of 1 Corinthians 15:26, death is the last enemy to be destroyed at the general re... 1 month ago ·
This is my first announcement of new writing endeavors in quite some time. I have been suffering with writer’s block, something all authors are familiar with (some more than others). Mine was likely produced by a series of life challenges in 2019 thus far, challenges that included surgery, sustained bouts of illness (2 for Theresa and 1 for me), and the death of Theresa’s older brother, Barney Clemens, after a long illness. Barney was the first of our siblings or mate of a sibling to go, thus ushering in the end of an era and the unwelcome entry of another.
We just returned from our hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana, where we had gone to visit Barney’s wife, Kitty. Thankfully, she is doing better than we might have expected after losing her mate of 56 years and just having undergone knee replacement surgery. While there, my writing juices started flowing again. I just posted one article on my teaching website and will post another in a few days. The first is a very practical one and the second is one of my most profound theologically in quite a while. I also have several more started and will be posting them soon. If you take the time to read them, I believe you will be glad. God bless! ... See MoreSee Less
Journaling With God | Gordon Ferguson
Journaling With God 1 Peter 5:7 – “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” In this verse, Peter gives us a command, one that is absolutely essential for spiritual and emotional health. But he doesn’t tell us exactly how to do it. No doubt some approach comes to your mind as y... 1 month ago ·
