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Alan Flowers Memorial Prayer Walk

  Alan Flowers Memorial Prayer Walk October 18, 2026 One year ago today, everything changed for our family. One year ago today, our hearts were loaded down with a heavy grief that has been our constant companion ever since. It has been 12 months since my nephew, Alan Flowers, died in a horrible workplace accident. He was 33. This tragedy resulted in a family losing a husband, a father, a son, a brother, and a grandson. It was a catastrophic day that led to a yearlong trail of tears. It is still hard to believe that it really happened. It seems like a bad dream, but we can’t wake up from the dream. We know that God has walked each step of the journey with us. Sometimes we felt his presence. Sometimes we did not. But we know He was there because He promised He would be. We look forward to the day when God will wipe every tear from our eyes. We know that He will because He promised. The Lord put it on my heart to do something in honor of Alan. I came up with the idea of a memo...
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The Last Time

  What if this is the last time? Easter was about 8 weeks ago. As I looked over my sermon notes early Easter morning, I had a thought that kept coming to mind. I pushed it aside for a few minutes and then it would return. Finally, I spent some time thinking about what I was thinking about. On the drive to church, I verbalized my thought to my wife. What if this is the last time? She replied, “The last time for what?” The last time I preach on Easter Sunday? What if this is my last opportunity? She did not want to talk about it, but we did for a few minutes. I expressed a desire to represent the Lord well. There are always extra people in the worship service on Easter Sunday. I wanted to preach in such a way that I would be satisfied if it was the last time. I have been preaching for 41 years. I am rarely satisfied with any message that I preach. I wanted to be satisfied if this was the end of my race. More importantly, I wanted the Lord to be pleased. I have no reason to believ...
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Gone But Not Fogotten

  They walked and they walked. Step after step. Mile after mile. About 68 miles in 9 days. Many died along the way. Many more died in POW camps. It is estimated that of the 12,000 Americans who were on the Bataan Death March, only about 1,700 survived to the end of the war. This week is the 84 th anniversary of the Bataan Death March. This horrible event took place on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines from April 9-17, 1942. It was the largest surrender in the history of the US Army. If you read what the sadistic Japanese soldiers did to our soldiers, it will make you sick and angry at the same time. I won’t share all the gory details. You can find them online. I have read many books about the Bataan Death March, and I have read many survivor accounts. I have the dates of the march marked on my calendar every April. I do that so I will never forget the sacrifices of those heroic men. Each year, I try to do something in honor of the men who were on that march. One year I h...
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