by Greg Burdine | Dec 7, 2021 | Current Issues
One Christmas a husband put an assortment of beauty products in his wife’s stocking. She tried one of the facial masks. She explained to her 8 year old son that it was a present from his dad and it would make her beautiful. He patiently waited as she rinsed and patted...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 1, 2021 | Personal
Today (December 1, 2021) is only two weeks after my daughter, Jill, had a surgery for a brain aneurysm in Dayton, Ohio. Complications followed and she died on Saturday, November 20. She was a 34 year old mother of two preteens. Just a week later, November 27, we had a...
by Greg Burdine | Nov 15, 2021 | Christian Living, Church, Sermon
This past Sunday was our church’s annual Veterans Day recognition… In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington, became the...
by Greg Burdine | Nov 15, 2021 | Christian Living, Personal
Spiritually healthy deacons are vital for a spiritually healthy church. Effective deacon ministry enhanced the explosive growth in the early church. Yet today, so very few deacons are prepared for effective ministry and many churches suffer, Leading By Serving shares...
by Greg Burdine | Nov 11, 2021 | Christian Living, Church, Sermon
This past Sunday was Missions Day at our church. It is a day we pray to God to impress on our hearts what we should do for missions. We are commanded to pray for missions. Yet, that is not enough. We are to give and go. As I thought about what I should, say, a passage...