Personal Insight – Page 2

What Do I Say After 22 years in Charleston, SC?

Posted on February 25, 20191 Comment

“Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”” Luke 19:41-44

There are three cities in the earth who carry the moniker, whether it be official or simply colloquial, “The Holy City”; Jerusalem, The Vatican, and Charleston, South Carolina. The first two are probably no surprise and perhaps even understandable given their role in the arena of religion. The last one has always seemed a tad presumptuous to me, especially after living here for 22 years and not only understanding her history but experiencing her contemporary spiritual state.

My Word for 2019

Posted on January 1, 20192 Comments

A new year makes for an opportune moment to hear from God and adjust your direction and priorities to be in sync with His Will and plans for your life. Of course, we should be continually seeking and making any course adjustments as the Spirit leads and the Scripture commands. I have personally known for a couple of months that 2019 was going to be a critical year of transition and change in my life and ministry. (You can read previous recent blog’s for that update). However, as I was meditating upon the Scripture today and allowing my mind to be renewed to the Spirit’s application of the Word, I kept sensing that the word, “pursuit”, was being impressed upon my heart and spirit.

Transcript of My Farewell Words to Legacy Church

Posted on December 31, 20183 Comments

I have written down my words today as I want to be sure I communicate what I want to say in a precise and full way, so forgive me for any sense of formality or any sense of being impersonal for that is surely not the intent. For those that are interested, I will be posting these thoughts on my blog site at the end of the day.

VISION FOR LEGACY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES

Posted on November 14, 20182 Comments

As many of you who are reading this blog know, I am about to embark on a new journey that is full of both excitement and anxiety. I resist using the term “fear”, because God is not the Author of that spirit. However, to be perfectly candid, the steps of faith and the inherent risk they almost always produce can at times be fraught with a number of human emotions. So to say there isn’t some appropriate anxiety in these days would be a lie, but those emotions are certainly restrained in the confidence that I am stepping into a new season of the Will of God for my life.

What is this “new” journey?
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Exciting Personal Announcement

Posted on November 14, 2018Leave a comment

What I am about to share constitutes (at least for me) a big announcement. After 35 years of almost non-stop pastoral ministry, and currently entering into the 60th year of life, the moment has arrived for Tracie and me to transition into the next phase or season of ministry assignment. Beginning January 1, 2019, I will no longer be the Lead Pastor of Legacy Church in Charleston, SC. After months of prayer and earnestly seeking of the Will of the Lord, along with the input of those who know me best, the time has come to bring closure to this season and walk into our future purposes the Lord has ordained.
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