Tag: Baptist

• 5 RANDOM THINGS

  RandoM Thing # 1 As a writer, I’m always thinking about dialogue. Listening to the POTUS debate on Monday night I decided that Mr. Trump speaks IN ALL CAPS–EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME, BELIEVE ME! In contrast Secretary Clinton speaks in italics. Most of her words are special, thought-out, planned, rehearsed,…

  Jamie Greening

  September 29, 2016

  All, Books, Church, Culture, Food, Movies, politics, Writing

  Baptist, Colin Kaepernick, Donald Trump, Duran Duran, guacamole, Hillary Clinton, ice cream, Presidential debate, stormtroopers

• ADVICE ON THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

  So I pick up with my “advice” themed blog posts.  I’ve got about four or five more in mind before I move on completely. What exactly do we call what I am about to give advice on?  Years ago people in my faith tradition would have called it ‘holiness,’ but that whole concept I think…

  Jamie Greening

  January 27, 2014

  All, Bible, Church, Culture

  accountability, Baptist, Bible, Bible reading, fasting, Jesus, prayer, spiritual life, spiritual transformations, spirituality, worship

• BUTCH GREGORY: ONE YEAR LATER

  This week marks the one year anniversary of the release of my book, The Haunting of Pastor Butch Gregory and other Short Stories.  While I haven’t sold as many as I’d hoped (by the way, you can buy a copy by clicking on the image to the right—in paperback or Kindle), I can’t say that…

  Jamie Greening

  May 17, 2011

  Books, Writing

  Allah, Baal, Baptist, Baptist history, Butch Gregory, church, Convocation, Legacy, novel writing, pastoral ministry, short stories, Thor, Writing, Zeus

• WHY I LOVE ADVENT

  Yesterday our church (www.fbcpo.org) started our annual journey through Advent.  I freely confess Advent is one of my most favorite times of the year.  So often we confuse Advent with the season of Christmas.  The two are designed to be separate.  Advent prepares us spiritually for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ our…

  Jamie Greening

  November 29, 2010

  All, Church, Culture, Preaching

  Advent, Baptist, candles, Christmas, materialism, prophecy, Scripture