by Sam Rainer | Mar 31, 2007 | Uncategorized
The book caught my eye. When I am in the local bookstore, I often check out the best-sellers shelf. Not only do I look for something that I might want to read, I want to know what everyone else is reading as well. The book I saw concerned me. It had a quasi-shiny... by Sam Rainer | Mar 28, 2007 | Uncategorized
God will humble you in an extraordinary ways. He can take your worldly trophies and smash them to dust. My pride crumbles more in nursing homes than in any other place. As a pastor I try to visit from time to time church members who no longer can take good care of... by Sam Rainer | Mar 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
My wife and I are fundamentally different. Insightful to you all, yes I know. But beyond the obvious differences, we think differently. Nowhere is this difference more obvious than in our car rides together. I’m usually driving because I’m a control freak. She’s... by Sam Rainer | Mar 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
I must reluctantly admit that my associate pastor is a genius. Since he is a University of Tennessee fan (his office is a hideous and unsanctified shade of orange), it pains me to say it. But he truly is a man of great ideas. At our staff meeting a couple of weeks... by Sam Rainer | Mar 16, 2007 | Uncategorized
My little brother is getting married in June. In fact, there are three brothers in the family and all of us will have gotten married within 12 months of each other. Art was married last June. I was married in December. Jess, the baby, is the last to go this June....
