tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112217792024-03-07T09:56:27.057-06:00Pastor TaylorPastor Taylor...where I muse and muddle, preach and proclaim, post and portend.Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.comBlogger318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-78554592103248769222012-01-28T12:41:00.000-06:002012-01-28T13:03:07.810-06:00My Post Secret
Post Secret
Allow me to write as the bastard child of '69. My parents spent a few weeks at the beach in March of that year; smoking dope, drinking beer, and sleeping in the car. My mother came home carrying the newest member of the family; although that would be news to her and her parents soon enough.
In those years in small town south Alabama unmarried mothers dared not to show their Taylor Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12392698294048248407noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-61671436004058572772012-01-21T11:28:00.000-06:002012-01-21T11:28:11.270-06:00Favorite ResourcesTwo of my favorite online resources are Christian Classics Ethereal Library and Precept Austin. These two alone can provide more good reading than most of us will ever do. I also enjoy Bible Gateway for easy access to various translations.
Gone are the days when a pastor needed a vast personal library. Today all a pastor needs is a good internet connection. Although gathering good books is stillTaylor Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12392698294048248407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-10757479725952302412012-01-16T13:21:00.000-06:002012-01-16T13:21:13.348-06:00Dibs on the Gibbs: Walking in ObedienceJulia and I worked together for a couple of years. I still keep up with her and her family through the magic of social media. Everyone has a story to tell and Julia is living out a good one. For example, take this:Dibs on the Gibbs: Walking in Obedience: On October 1 st 2010, after months of discussion and prayers spoken over the word, we said Yes to the Lord. Yes, to His calling for...Taylor Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12392698294048248407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-49657265394441354832012-01-16T13:12:00.000-06:002012-01-16T13:12:08.064-06:00John 3:16In case you missed it, here is the video that ran during the NFL playoff game last Saturday. Denver lost but I have a feeling that a few million people were captivated by this message.Taylor Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12392698294048248407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-66272805764475629652012-01-06T17:14:00.000-06:002012-01-06T17:14:17.730-06:00Economics: You're Doing It WrongI thoroughly enjoyed reading this piece on our current economic dilemma. If you have about twenty minutes give it a go.Dwight R. Lee, Reducing Real Output by Increasing Federal Spending | Library of Economics and LibertyTaylor Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12392698294048248407noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-53353455664983434302011-11-06T16:03:00.000-06:002011-11-06T16:03:25.592-06:00Morning View
A nice, crisp southern morning; makes my heart thankful. This is my morning coffee/prayer time view.
Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-71548820014514476782011-11-03T07:14:00.000-05:002011-11-03T07:14:14.037-05:00PLEASE
I've never been a people-pleaser. I came wired that way from the factory (sorry mom). All my life I've tried to do what I thought was best with very little consideration for the approval of others. As a teen, peer pressure was a concept to me, not a reality. So what if everyone else was doing it? It wasn't important to me. Such perception is a strength as well as a weakness.
The weaknessPastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-35691768477797177602011-10-14T18:20:00.002-05:002011-10-14T18:20:47.286-05:00Remembering Rocky Block
Three seconds after this my daughter became a life long Crimson Tide fan.
Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-57469496651612921642011-10-11T19:56:00.001-05:002011-10-11T21:05:54.240-05:00Bruton Parish Church
I believe in Jefus Chrift.
Inside the Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, VA. The church was founded in 1674, some 39 years after my family arrived in Virginia. Did they ever attend this church? I have no proof, but at the time there was only one church to attend if someone was so inclined, so it's quiet possible.
Michelle and I walked the grounds of this church as if they were holy. We Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-70942847816055002742011-09-24T10:23:00.000-05:002011-09-26T20:43:20.547-05:00Southern Baptist Want to UnSouthern
My denomination is considering a name change. We have been the Southern Baptist Convention since 1845. But rumblings of discontent over the name have been felt for years. As of today I am not in favor of changing the name. Maybe someone can give me a good reason to in the future? But for now I offer these thoughts:
1. When did "southern" become so important? The word "southern" is the least of Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-28177435395628640862011-09-23T15:11:00.000-05:002011-09-23T15:59:53.502-05:00Five Signs of Dysfunctional Transitions
Pastors change churches often. Sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not. Too often deception is involved. Below are some of my favorite examples:
1. The Secret Search. By this I mean the minster actively
pursues a new place of ministry. Maybe he has good reasons for doing so, but he
keeps it secret, even from other staff and church leaders. In a worst case
scenario no one knows until Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-12786464577962313012011-09-23T14:36:00.001-05:002011-09-23T14:36:52.194-05:00Alabama vs Arkansas Prediction
Let me start this post with a
Roll Tide! I love college football. The Tide hosts the Hogs this week. Lots of
people, by that I mean people who keep up with things like this, think the game
will be close. Most bloggers come down on the side of a Bama win with a late
score. That may turn out to be correct, but my hunch is that this game will not
be close.
Of course anything can happen,Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-30076786749791885942011-09-16T16:21:00.000-05:002011-09-16T16:21:45.909-05:00Southern Baptist Staffing
Southern Baptist Staffing aka Stealing
In the spirit of full disclosure I should say I’ve served as
a pastor of four Southern Baptist Churches in three states over the last
seventeen years. For the last seven years I’ve been bivocational. My other “job”
is in Human Resources at a community mental health center with over three
hundred employees in five counties. I offer a unique Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-64935027221148494112011-09-12T19:57:00.002-05:002011-09-16T14:52:14.015-05:00Multitasking
Having raised three teens in the last decade I can speak with assurance that most young people believe they are good multitaskers. They will tell you they can listen to music, do a little social networking, and do homework while talking on the phone. Actually, they claim they can do more than my simple list :-)
The research just doesn't back it up. The brain requires a singular focus for Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-73587752651919877332011-09-12T19:43:00.001-05:002011-09-12T19:44:48.491-05:00Technology and LearningPastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-82741768943520623472011-09-12T19:34:00.000-05:002011-09-12T19:35:30.872-05:00Critics Are Our Friends
I use my
Google Reader to keep up with blogs like Christian Nightmares and Stuff Fundies
Like. Sometimes I wonder why. At times it’s like watching someone make fun of
your family for the way they celebrate a birthday or what they do at Christmas.
At other times the sites are spot on about twisted theology and terribly
misguided attempts at Christian faithfulness. Either way, I keep Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-47682643975682084552011-09-09T14:59:00.000-05:002011-09-09T22:50:17.610-05:00Grace Greater Than All Our Sin
Under pressure there are not many limits to what we are capable of doing. I kept thinking about this while meditating on Mark 14 today. In that chapter the chosen one, Peter, affirms in the strongest possible language that he would never deny Jesus. “Even if I have to die I will not deny you.” Those are the words of a fanatic. They are also words of the foolish. Jesus said as much when Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-29388703311063593542011-09-06T20:35:00.000-05:002011-09-06T20:35:20.094-05:00Reflections On 9.11
Like everyone else who cares, I've had ten years to reflect on 9.11.01. I was sitting at my desk at the church office when the first call came in from Mrs. Ruth Steen, "The Twin Towers have been attacked." She said it in a matter of fact tone like she knew I would need to know. At that point neither tower had fallen, but Ruth lived through Pearl Harbor and always seemed to know when something Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-47142073027716510352011-09-06T19:10:00.001-05:002011-09-06T19:10:39.425-05:00How To Give An Effective Speech
To give full disclosure here, I've practices public speaking for at least twenty-eight years. My first "real" speech was a sermon in front of a packed Baptist church when I was fourteen. Since that time I've spoken to thousands of groups in churches, schools, jails, prisons, civic groups, and who knows how many others. I learned a lot by trial and error...lots of error. I've studied the art of Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-6663631453808164812011-07-19T22:36:00.002-05:002011-07-19T22:36:32.459-05:00Welcome to the New NCAABest advice for big football schools I've read.
4. Once a week bring all of the football players into a big room and tell them the following: "Yes, the rules are stupid and the system is not fair. I got that. But until the rules are changed you have an important decision to make. You can't take free stuff or swap something we gave you for stuff. If you take stuff and somebody finds Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-27354575719813430142011-07-19T22:35:00.000-05:002011-07-19T22:35:25.712-05:00Really?Alabama at Penn State: I think this game is the biggest non-conference game for the B1G in 2011. Last year in Tuscaloosa, Penn State hung tough with Alabama for three quarters, and but for some untimely turnovers, played a winnable game. Their defense was good, and freshman Robert Bolden moved the ball well, but threw back-breaking interceptions deep in Alabama Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-34112246532341649972011-06-28T21:01:00.000-05:002011-06-28T21:01:09.079-05:00Happy Tuesday EveningI really would like to blog more. Really. But the facts are simple: I work forty hours a week and pastor a church. Sometimes the best I can do in a week is to update my facebook status and send a few tweets. At least the tweets are in the sidebar of the blog. My shared news is there too, so you can see what I'm reading. It's eclectic.
We just got back from vacation last Sunday. I took the familyPastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-62007223956099773632011-06-07T13:24:00.000-05:002011-09-06T20:36:54.574-05:00A View from Mt. Perspective
A View from Mt. Perspective: " by Michael Catt
For the last thirteen years, we’ve been blessed to own a piece of property in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. After my father died and we were settling his estate, we had a small amount of money to put toward a down payment on a log house outside of Gatlinburg. Terri and I had prayed for twenty years to be able to one day own a place in the mountains (maybe Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-87392089600327808972011-06-07T08:48:00.001-05:002011-09-06T20:38:34.958-05:00Pastor Weiner.
Pastor Weiner. by Todd Rhodes
Truth.
Can we talk?
Because I fear that we have a lot of Pastor Weiners out there.
Nearly everyone I’ve talked to has met a Pastor Weiner at one point or another in their life. I’ve had a couple as bosses.
Here are the characteristics of a Pastor Weiner:
1. They many times have a strong conviction about Biblical truth, but are not able to always tell Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11221779.post-6424305428829623242011-06-07T08:46:00.001-05:002011-06-14T21:17:38.511-05:00Getting DryGetting Dry: "
Here is a look at the latest Drought Monitor for Alabama…
The far southern part of the state, from Mobile to Dothan, is dealing with an “extreme drought”… while North Alabama is just “abnormally dry” at this point.
There has been no measurable rain during the month of June (based on data from Birmingham); our last measurable rain was on May 26, and then the total was only 0.14″Pastor Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329182871276092483noreply@blogger.com0