Communion for community

10/07/2018 sermon at Liberty Spring Christian Church Luke 22:7-20             7 Then came the first day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.             8 And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it.”             9 They said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare it?”             10 And He said to them, “When you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house that he enters.             11 “And you shall … Continue reading Communion for community

A man I will never forget

  Originally published July 2, 2017 in the Suffolk News-Herald Thirty-one years ago, a scared, dumb kid barely out of college sat in an office in Franklin for his first job interview ever. He had no education and no experience pertinent to the job he sought, but his parents had made it clear he needed to find work — and soon. As it would turn out, this would be one of the shortest job interviews I would ever be a part of — on either side of the desk. I would eventually come to see the humor Hanes Byerly could … Continue reading A man I will never forget