A Musing About Being Ready - 10/26/2022
Matthew 25:1-13 The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten young women took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to
A Musing about Fred Craddock (sort of) 10/19/2022
Do you know the name Fred Craddock? The late Rev. Dr. Fred Brenning Craddock, Jr. was Bandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament Emeritus in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He was an ordained minister of the Disciples of Christ Church from rural Tennessee. A pastor, scholar, preacher, and author Craddock was often named to lists of the most influential preachers in the 20th Century. Dr. Craddock was the founding pastor of Cherry Log Chris